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I SHOULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER MAN

I Should Have Been a Better Man I. Suddenly the door swung open and revealed a darkened hall. There was nothing standing on the other side as I lay frozen upon the bed. Whose hand had turned the knob and pulled the door crashing to the wall? Whose breath was so powerful to push to the fore, revealing nothing but the dead? II. As suddenly as it had opened wide to reveal the darkness looming there, It shut with a slamming that most assuredly woke everyone from their sleep! No one seemed to notice; no one here cried out into the night in fear ‘Twas only I who took note of this thing; ‘tis only I who had a secret to keep. III. Things moved across table tops, the mirrors cracked and rugs twirled upon the floor. Surely my imagination was not so rich as to purchase such visions as these. There was something here with me that had entered through that door… Someone who knew all along; had no need of locks and even less a need of keys. IV. Begone! I screamed to what I could...