Insomnia      -by Eddie Sergi

    I lie still in my bed. Ever so still. Something caught my attention. A tiny flash
of light. Then again, then again. A blinking of an unset clock. At first this was
nothing but a little annoyance. But seconds turned into minutes and minutes into
hours. Soon I could not lie even remotely still. No matter where I turned, there
was the infernal blinking. Reflecting against the dark ceiling or the shadowy walls.
I tried covering my head or closing my eyes, but no matter what, I could feel the
blinking. On, off, on, off. So l lay there helplessly, staring straight up with the burning
flashes piercing the corner of my left eye. Blinking...blinking...blinking.
    "Beast! I have done nothing to you! Why do you taunt me? WHY?"
    I close my eyes now harder, as hard as I can, but still there was that eternal blinking!
    "I will get up and destroy you! I will! I will!"...Blinking ...Blinking ...Blinking.
    I never got up. I just lay there expecting it to stop on command, but I was wrong.
It just kept going. The Beast never grew tired.
    "Impossible!" I screamed. "You must grow tired sooner or later!"
    With that I started to tear at my eyes. "My eyes deceive me! They deceive me!"
    Slashing at my eyes now, using the nail, I can feel the blood trickle down my fingers.
My eyes destroyed. The pain is incinerating. But through the blood glazed over my eyes
I could still see the flashing light. Blinking... blinking...blinking...
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