to ashes and soot

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"Skull fracture...

complications in surgery...

we're sorry....

speech....

further tests..."


The voice around me mesh together,
swirling around and around
nauseatingly.


The room I'm in is bright and glaring

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The room I'm in 
is bright and glaring.

My eyes open millimetre by millimetre.



This time,

I won't let them pull me down.



Mother is frowning,
standing,

talking.

A doctor stands beside her.

She is also frowning,

but she looks apologetic. 


"A-an-" 

My voice cuts off

and my throat goes up in flames. 

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