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The End

The smell of charcoal lingers
from your soiled, tired body.
A respirator forces your breath
In rhythmic thrusts,
off the once sterile sheets,
now saturated with pools of hot sweat.  
Minutes, hours, days pass … 
Ending your life … with me.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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