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Jesse Brown

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The Night is Shattered, and She is Not With Me

Jesse Brown

Submitted to Contest #116

tw- mention of suicide“you’re not leaving, don’t ask me again.” My mother had uttered these words to me recently, though it felt like lifetimes had passed since. I remember her lips curling against her straight, white teeth in a warning snarl. It seems strange to describe a human as snarling, or growling even, but that is the only way to name it. What I was asking for was possible—I needed to leave. I needed to get out of this comfortable, horrible little bubble I ha...

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