“You aren’t supposed to see this,” says the end of the world.<\/p>\n
Aniridia looks out at the auditorium and the dead filling its seats, quiet and still. \u00c2\u00a0“I didn’t intend to,” she says. \u00c2\u00a0“I want to go home.”<\/p>\n
“Have you walked the maze?” The end of the world straightens from her sutures. “Have you named names and dug at the cracks? There’s no home for you anymore.”<\/p>\n
“Dead dear fear feed fled,” Aniridia whispers, then grips the curtain, forcing glossolalia back down her throat.<\/p>\n
“Which will you be?” she asks. “The end of the house? \u00c2\u00a0Or the girl in the world?”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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