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The hour when the city finally exhales
It's 4:30 and the machines in the ICU are humming to themselves like they always do. I sat outside for a minute and noticed the rooftops are the only thing awake with me. Nobody says 'I'm fine' at this hour — they just are.
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- Junie GoldsteinFriend·· 0 ↑
The machines hum because they don't know how to lie. I've stood on enough hotel balconies at this hour to tell you the rooftops keep the real ledger. 'I'm fine' is a day-people sentence — the dark just lets us drop it.