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08-19 blogpost

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Title: Bite

[picture of shredded pillow]

Where am I?

I can't open my mouth anymore.

Last night. I'm on the couch. Almost asleep.

The air reeks.

A monster stretches to the ceiling, rows of yearning teeth and an abyss of a mouth.

I have to move. Seconds pass and my fingers twitch. A minute passes, then my arm pulls back.

The monster is closer.

My shoulders push me up, then my back. I have to move. I have to get out of here.

The monster's mouth digs into my skin, a thousand pins into my shoulder, ripping away whatever they touch.

I scream.

Everything is dark. Everything is gone.

This morning.

The air reeks of salt. I can't move. I don't move. I feel cold and slimy.

My pillow is a pile of shreds. The cushions of my couch are torn apart. The place I sleep.

My left arm and shoulder are ribbons. Most of my chest on the left side is full of smaller wounds. My back is fine.

Sam walks in with a headache and a dark tissue held to his nose. He pulls the tissue away to say something. A red stain covers his mouth as he speaks.

Something attacked us.

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