• StudSpud The Starchy
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          1 year ago
          old prose from reddit

          I could not sleep, awakened afraid
          Under the covers, I begged, I prayed,
          For dawn, or death, for sleep to come
          But mercy ungranted, I knew I was done.
          For I committed a most awful crime
          One for which we’ve all done time
          Exactly the same or slighty changed,
          Have we all made this same mistake?
          I went to Woolies to buy a snack,
          The cashier smiled, I smiled back
          Items scanned, transaction completed
          She said the words that have me defeated
          Smiles and waves, “Enjoy your coffee and snack!”
          “You too!” I regretfully cried back
          Unthinking, unblinking, mid-step away
          I died there, in Woolies, that very day.