to the guarded

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the girl sat in the corner, day and night.
pen in hand, so she could write.

i'd watch as she wrote, paintings in her mind.
i asked to see one, "please," i said.

but the girl denied, alarmed, shook her head, with wide eyes and shaking arms,

"i'd rather be dead."

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