My afternoon monster

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She's here again.

I can feel her in my bones.

Every afternoon, she'll be here, haunting me.

Swimming in my blood, she'll make her way to my heart.

She'll whisper words I don't want to say. She'll say the nastiest of things.

I don't like her.

She makes me mean. She makes me grouchy, like a big bad witch I'll be.

As evening rolls round, she'll get worse, disturbing my peace. If I lose just a bit of focus, I may scream.

Fortunately, night soon falls and the day cools, as does my heart. With a hearty dinner to boot, she'll slink back into the hollows of my bones, appeased by her day's work and food.

But 3pm the next day, she'll emerge once again - my afternoon monster.

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