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My eyes flutter open to the charcoal blackness of my room. Fear and anxiety twist around my lungs, leap into my throat, restrict my breathing. Alone. Dark. But a s...
Saugerties, New York
My eyes flutter open to the charcoal blackness of my room. Fear and anxiety twist around my lungs, leap into my throat, restrict my breathing. Alone. Dark. But a s...