Anatomy Of A Nightmare

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A poet who experienced a haunting episode of sleep paralysis narrates the episode in a poignant verse.

I wake,
but do not rise.

Something ancient
sits on my chest
not grief,
not memory,
but a presence with breath
and no name.



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