XIV | Someone Screamed

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It's my first night
alone,

and I spend it

thinking
about what

'there must be eight patients'
means.

But like always,
I blink

and it's morning.

It's the medicine,
I mutter

and it sounds familiar,
like I've figured this out

before.

I decided to wear long pants last night

and they've rolled up in the night
so I'm rolling them down now

when I hear the scream.

It's earsplitting,
even through the door
the sound

scratches
Metal on metal,

sliding like a needle

grating
my spine.

I cringe,
too stunned

to cover my ears.

It lasts
a full minute,

that high-pitched,
blood-curdling,
fear-tinged,

scream.

No other sounds.
Just one scream.

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