*Beep* *Beep* *Beep*

The alarm started to ring loudly, just as the clock struck 11.

Sleepy and cranky, Pia pulled her phone out from beneath her pillow and hit snooze. With a satisfied smile, she returned the phone to its hiding…

“It’s over!”

Remember when I said this?

It was a dark, melancholic night,

At the beginning of last April.

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It’s half past seven,

As light seeps in to the room,

Rays of sunshine enter,

Through lace rimmed curtains.

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