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A Leech Came After Me In My Sleep

A leech came after me in my sleep. So I dreamed up a tapeworm. Silly mistake. Now I am being eaten. Slowly and mightily. From the inside out, And the outside in. The roundworms and flatworks are knocking. I dare not listen. Not wanting any more strife. In what is left Of my rapidly disappearing body.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019




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Date: 9/20/2019 11:01:00 PM
this made me think of a show i saw on tv where these girls swallowed tape worms to lose weight, it didn't end pretty... thank God yours was just a dream my friend :) hugs
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 9/21/2019 11:09:00 PM
I am so hoping it IS only a dream. I think I may have lost a pound last year. Just a second. False alarm. I have gained twenty.

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