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Insanity

        --I don't own this... Well, most of it...--

   It has been said that the definition of 'Insanity' is, "Doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results, I understand the sentiment behind the saying, but... It's wrong...

   I entered the building on a bet. I was strapped for cash and didn't buy the old ghost stories of the old hotel to begin with, so 50 bucks was more than enough for me to do it. It was simple. Just reach the top floor, the 45th floor, and shine my flashlight from a window. The hotel was old and broken, including the elevator, so that meant hiking up the stairs. So up the stairs I went. As I reached each platform, I noted the old brass plaques displaying the floor numbers. 15, 16, 17, 18. I felt a little tired as I crept higher, but, so far, no ghosts no cannibals, no demons. Piece of Cake. I can't tell you how happy I was to reach the last set of numbers, I joyfully counted them along each platform. 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 44. I stopped and looked back down the stairs. I must have miscounted, so I continued up. 44. One more flight. 44. Down ten levels. 44. 15 flights up. 44.

   And so it's been for as long as I can remember. So really, insanity isn't doing the same thing and expecting different results. It is knowing the results will never change; that each door leads to the same staircase, to the same number. It's realizing you no longer fall asleep. It's, not knowing, whether you've been running for days or weeks or years. 

   It's when the sobbing turns to laughter...