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Midnight Stroll

Oleander Bellanger

On a midnight stroll we talked about how tired we were.

I complained about how I felt so alone around him and you nodded.

We stopped at a park with a chain link fence.

I leaned against it as a shout ripped through the air,

followed by two headlights in the distance.

We went to jump the fence

but there was no threat.

The car did lazy circles, asking us if we needed a ride.

Then we laughed

because we thought we were going to die

but it was just your friend pulling a prank.

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