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The clock ticks louder and louder

My hair drifts into my face as I blow it away

The pen scratches on the paper slowly

Suddenly the silence is too much to bear

The radio starts playing music

Then the static erupts over the air

My head creaks over to view the radio

It screams of pain and death

My pen drops to the ground

My heart sinks to the floor

My hands start yanking my hair

It's lying

I know it is

Nothing like that could ever happen

But in my heart I know it's real

That's why the pain is so fierce

I will never be the same again

America will never be the same again

I collapse on the floor

My feet too weary to hold me

The radio shrieks violently

I throw it on the ground

The sound slowly dies away

The only sound is my sniffling as tears fall

My heart slowly shatters into pieces

As I lay on the floor alone a thought occurs

Would I always be alone like this?

The answer was strikingly clear

Yes.

Life will never be the same again.

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