locked basement

terror panic startled gruesome fright alarm dread horror shock aversion scared hate
apprehension repulsion loathing disgust horrid shudder cringe cry fall hurt howl
moan scream shriek zombie night darkness moon? black
white silver red intense infinite disturbed discomfort frown doubt suspicion
quiet waiting pause
spider crawl dangle spindly length legs inch tangle legs slow web shadow legs
vomit trail pale puke sour chunk convulse sick spinning stench yellow slime lunch
snake smooth ominous slither slide hiss vanish silent hiss rattle hiss rustle
dizzying aeons mountains heights skyscrapers wind blue above everything below step off
things closet bumps scrapes calls sleep nightmares grunts skulls bones eyes fingers
agony

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spike salt hot burn lance blind gash spurt sear streak gout anguish despair gravity crush swerve bump screech smoke hit explode detonate limbs trees leaves jelly dirt earth graves. empty
shiver recoil flee run away unnerve unsettle unseat undo uncreate understand undead shun condemn corpse needle knife salt rat cellar broken cracked loose tight metal frozen numb trip edge twist slide clip graze desperate frantic scrabbling clutch
scratch slip smash splatter





decapitate.





      space
              absence
  empty
            missing
                                              where

clarity
wound flesh rot bleed gristle severed foul sniff putrefied curdled
to not put a hand in the fan, not fall asleep on the ladder, not taste hydrogen peroxide, not collide with the lawnmower, not leap on the train tracks, not trip at the railing of a too-tall tower: fear.
footsteps mutters heavy breaths groans hisses snarls growls pants steely slithers creaks whines whispers weeps panic terror gruesome gore fright horror agony despair eternity damnation hell abandonment godslessness
perpetual unending inconceivable indivisible obscure bright brittle stark bare bald here now simple plain afraid




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