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It rips, and he runs into the woods.

A few minutes later,
a man helps me get up.

Run! he says,
as he gets my dress unstuck.

Then, I go, but the trees turn into a dark void that engulfs the man.
I see Kek on the floor with bloodshot eyes.

As I get closer, there is a bird -

a buzzard pecking at Kek's lifeless body.
Then, I wake in the tent of our village

one hour before it happens.
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Tony Piazza
Lapis L.A.

Ed. Eliza Raben

SLEEP STORY I
(From writer’s point of view)

I am at Grandma’s house,
playing in my bedroom.

I see my cousins.

I hear a lullaby from downstairs.
I want to go down the stairs,

so I do.
The singing has ended.

I climb on the bed where my grandpa lies, lifeless.

I wake up.
I feel useless, so I remind myself that

I was too young to do anything.
All of a sudden I hear the singing again

I want to go back.
Back to when I was young,

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