Nana Alexandrite

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“a ward” by Nana Alexandrite

Submitted to Contest #49

She is a patient woman. She sits by the window, hands folded in her skirts. Her lips are pressed into a dark red line, but the rest of her is relaxed. Her eyes flutter to the door, where two doctors cart away a screaming child. She stands, slowly, with ancient grace, and follows. They clean the little girl off, so that her smooth skin may feel the caress of a new world. She ghosts a hand over the child's puckered red face, and the little being soothes. There is sickness and darkness on her soul, but she will live.  The girl is bro...

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a running mind set to dead sprint this is how i spend my sleepless nights