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JUST WHAT IN GOD'S NAME HAD I BEEN TALKING ABOUT? HOW LONG DID I GO ON LIKE THAT? OBLIVIOUS TO ANYTHING I WAS SAYING, LIKE SOME KIND OF CRAZED SEX FIEND WHO WOULD STOP AT NOTHING FOR A FRESH YOUNG SCHOOL GIRL -THIS MADNESS MUST STOP -ALONE, I WAS ABLE TO THINK CLEARLY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS -I SAW GOD IN THOSE FEW FLEETING MOMENTS OF SANITY THAT WERE CRAMMED INBETWEEN EONS OF BLUR'D MADNESS -I WAS SLUMPED OVER ON THE FLOOR LIKE A COKE JUNKIE FIGHTING SOBRIETY -I WAS DROOLING ALL OVER MYSELF AND HER HOMEWORK -I CHOKED AND GAGGED ON MY OVER ACTIVE MUCUS MEMBRANES -NOT ABLE TO CATCH MY BREATH I BEGAN TO FALL FACE FIRST INTO A WHIRLWIND OF PANIC -I WAS OUT OF CONTROL -BECAUSE OF IT IT ONLY THREW ME DEEPER INTO THE HALLWAYS OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN -I'M NOT HELPING YOU SHE SAID AS SHE STEPPED OVER ME -I BEGAN TO GAG ON WHAT MY BRAIN WAS TELLING ME -GOOD, IT SAID -NOW YOU SEE -WELCOME TO EVERYONE ELSE -FROM YOUR REACTION, I CAN TELL YOU'RE NOT ENJOYING WHAT YOUR LOOKING AT -MOST PEOPLE WOULDN'T -WAS I TALKING? -THEN WHO WAS THAT? REALITY WAS SLIPPING AWAY LIKE THE LAST SHOCKWAVES OF A BAD ORGASM -HOW COULD THIS BE HAPPENING? HOW DID I LET IT? -MORE IMPORTANTLY HOW DO I STOP IT? -HOW DO I RIGHT THE WRONGS? AND WRONG THE RIGHTS? -WHAT WAS IT THAT I WAS STARING AT? HOW COULD I -WHY NOW? -IT WAS 4:15 IN THE MORNING I FIGURED GOD WENT TO BED BY THEN -IT WAS SO LATE IT WAS EARLY -I NEEDED TO REST -TO SLEEP -IN THE MORNING, EVERYTHING WOULD BE DIFFERENT -SOMETHING DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT -AS IF MY BRAIN HAD OPENED UP AND SWALLOWED ITSELF -I WAS NOT SITTING IN THE CENTER OF INSANITY AND ALL AROUND ME WAS BLACK -IT WAS FUZZY -SHE WAS SAYING SOMETHING TO ME AGAIN -I RECOGNIZED THE VOICE -THE MORE SHE SPOKE -I COULD FEEL THE REAL WORLD BEGINNING TO POKE BACK IN -IN SMALL QUICK SHORT DOSES LIKE A DIABETES PATIENT DRAWING BLOOD FROM THE TIPS OF HIS FINGERS -THE WORLD WAS COMING BACK.