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State of Shock
He found her like that-
slumped against the back wall
with arms outstretched
as though she expected one final embrace.
Her mouth was twisted into a mocking grin,
the corners of her lips reaching for the ceiling.
Below fleshy lids and thick lashes,
a set of jade eyes stared lifelessly into another dimension,
witnessing something the living could not.
It was a beautiful death,
and he slid his thumbs across her damp cheeks,
streaked with black mascara.
He found her like that,
or so he said.
He had not intended to scare her to death.
