Writing Past Midnight #7

Artemis J Jones
2 min readSep 11, 2021

She Circled the Bed, with dead aim eye-contact that would . . .

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. . rival any mature hawk gaining on her prey. The moment the words came from her lips, terror, shock, and denial wrapped me in plastic cling sheets that would not allow escape.

As she spoke.

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Artemis J Jones

Face of a bartender. Observing and listening, two of my greatest faults. I read your work, and I’ll respond in truth or remain silent, wading in my ignorance.