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午夜的凄厉嚎叫诗歌
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midnight's chilling cry
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At midnight, the silence was suffocated.
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It had been a quiet night before that. When it was dark outside, we would sit in front of the window and wait...
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The clock struck midnight, not the first light of the new day. Before us lay the empty streets where children would have learned their way home from school, though now they were out...
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At two AM, a single man with no neighbors ran into the night and called for help.
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But he had no idea how to communicate or to ask someone else what he needed—other than to call 911. That was his first contact with 911 in weeks. It made me feel both the weight of all those people who had been lost at that moment.
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"You know, I don't know where you are," my wife whispered, then turned her back and she looked up just as we stepped inside.
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She moved to my room, her voice calm but unflinching. She pressed against me in the darkness—her fingers brushing against my arm, a little like how she had once rested us on the bed before...
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"I'm sorry," I said.
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But it didn't feel good.
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I turned to leave, but just as I did, she pushed my hand away and stepped aside. A voice came out of nowhere—"You know what to say when you're in a panic."
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My breath came in ragged gasps; I could not even look at her anymore. She was gone before the light dimmed on the wall behind me.
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The man looked down, his face pale, like the skin of an egg.
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"I don't know," he said, though that didn't make it any easier.
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But a shadowed figure walked into the room, and they both saw it. It was another 911 call.
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"You need to be home before 6 PM," she whispered.
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"I'm sorry," I said again.
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"But I don't know where you are," she said, her voice steady but unflinching.
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The man looked around, his face still pale. A woman moved forward. She was the one who had come to my room before, and she had been gone for over an hour now.
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"I know what it is," she said, though it didn't make much sense at first.
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"What? What?" I said with a scratch on my arm, my breath coming in a cold, unrelenting gasp.
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She stopped. Her eyes were wide and unblushed as if for the first time since midnight.
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"I know what it is," she continued, her voice steady but unflinching.
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The man looked at her again, his face pale.
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"I don't know where you are," he said again.
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But a shadowed figure walked into the room, and they both saw it. It was another 911 call.
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"You need to be home before 6 PM," she whispered.
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I looked up at her, my eyes wide and unblushed for the second time since midnight. She moved forward, her hand brushing against his arm.
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"I know what it is," she said with a steady voice that seemed like it was coming from far away.
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The man looked down, his face pale.
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"I don't know where you are," he said again.
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But the man started to look up as if to walk. A woman stepped forward beside him, her eyes wide and unblushed—just like mine.
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She motioned for her to come closer.
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The man raised his hand, his face pale.
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"I don't know where you are," he said again.
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The woman looked at me with a steady, unflinching voice. It wasn't just him—he was 911.
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"Don't worry," she said. "You'll be okay."
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The man nodded. His breath came in ragged gasps.
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"I'm sorry," I said again.
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"But I don't know where you are," she continued with a steady voice that seemed to come from far away.
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The man looked down at his own face, pale and unblushed.
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"I don't know where you are," he said again.
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But the man started to look up. A woman stepped forward beside him, her eyes wide and unblushed—just like mine.
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She motioned for her to come closer.
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The man raised his hand, his face pale.
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"I don't know where you are," he said again.
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The woman looked at me with a steady, unflinching voice. It wasn't just him—he was 911.
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"Don't worry," she said. "You'll be okay."
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The man nodded. His breath came in ragged gasps.
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And then the doors closed.
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