{"id":559,"date":"2004-04-30T20:32:08","date_gmt":"2004-04-30T20:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nukemete.wpengine.com\/2004\/04\/theif-theif-theif\/"},"modified":"2004-04-30T20:32:08","modified_gmt":"2004-04-30T20:32:08","slug":"theif-theif-theif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/foolish-house.local\/2004\/04\/30\/theif-theif-theif\/","title":{"rendered":"Theif, theif, theif…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was chasing someone. My shirt flapped loose below my ribcage, black and hollow. I could feel the wind blow through the inside of me, where I used to be. I was cold, and angry. I ground my teeth like I was trying to light a fire with the sparks.<\/P>
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“theif, thief, thief, thief, thief…”<\/EM><\/P>
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I never saw him. I did not know him. He was always just ahead in a city that looked green and familiar, but was not my own. The streets were slick with a rain which had passed I stepped in a puddle as I ran, and it soaked through my boots. I was cold inside. Part of me had been taken by a stranger, and I meant to have it back.<\/P>
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“Thief, thief, thief, thief, thief…”<\/EM><\/P>
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Down some stairs and to a door- either pistachio or pine or some other unpleasant shade of green. There was a number I could not read. He was on the other side of the door. I couldn’t touch it. I could not knock, I could not smash it down. I could only stand there and shake<\/STRONG>, and hiss through my teeth…<\/P>
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“Thief, thief, thief, thief, thief…”<\/EM><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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