Molasses

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Every bomb

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every gunshot

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every murder in the news

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heaping molasses onto me

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Slowing me down

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each step more difficult

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until I am standing still

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My whole body covered in the sticky darkness,

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eyes occluded

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I am relieved that I cannot read another victim’s name.

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I open my mouth

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the syrup fills my throat

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one final taste of sweetness as I

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let myself

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suffocate

on Jack's mind