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          Nightmares are supposed to stay hidden beneath my bed, in my pillow case, but somehow mine have managed to crawl out and strike whenever they feel so inclined.  Like this morning, when I opened my door to hear Holt’s bare feet slapping our floors, with no concern for the sweat his toes left on the wood, or the fact that, hanging over his head, there was a child who died inside its mother’s womb.

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