MJ Douven

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“Ouroboros” by MJ Douven

Submitted to Contest #192

At the end, I am always running. Running through the blackness. Tripping and falling over rocks and underbrush until my hands are scratched and bleeding. My throat is hoarse but no sound comes out. I think I remember screaming. Out. I need to get out. Even as I think the words, my body slams into something. Like a glass wall, it shatters, and I fall through. Every time. And then I am back in the dark alley behind Linguini’s. The time on my smartwatch readout is 5am. Again. Inside, I can hear the buzz of people talking and laughing, the ch...

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