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Rated: E · Poetry · Drama · #1350301

Description of an incident with an insect at 3:00 a.m.

Jarred awake
by a tickling sensation ---
flitter of insect crossing ear and cheek ---

With a shriek,
I bound out of bed
knocking over a room divider and
wrenching my back;

Adrenaline pumping and
gaze drawn to floor,
a giant cockroach
scurries toward destruction.
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