Chapter 2:
Something's Not Right
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My eyes
take forever
to adjust
to the darkness
again.
I'm in an empty foyer.
There's nothing here,
I think,
and then we're
halfway across the room,
facing the door
on the other side.
The woman
taps a card again,
another concealed card reader,
and the double doors
slide open.
It's the size of a prison cell.
We're staring
at a mirror
in the wall facing us.
For the first time
in a long time,
I see my own reflection.
How long has it been?
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The woman pulls me by the hand
towards the gaunt, haunted girl
reflected in the prison wall
and I wrench
my hand from hers
to run away.
She has me by the shoulders,
she's talking
over the flood of my laughter.
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