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I feel tension

I feel tension

I feel them

pulling away from me

I am awakened

by noises

in the night

noises from myself

My eyes pull

from my head

to escape

to slither in the grass

My teeth pull

from my mouth

to escape

to sink into flesh

Mind on its throne

body in chains

Body breaks free

smashes the brains

In one

snarling reflex

I'm off

back to my cave