Two little kids playing down the street
One is grinning, the other glaring furiously
You broke my doll's neck whines the glaring kid
No! I didn't, denies the grinning thing
Don't lie, You did!
Oh did I? Why don't you get it fixed?
Miss can you fix my doll's neck? Asks the whiny child
Yep sure Little one..but how did you break it? I ask with a smile
She broke it! she points towards her supposedly grinning friend
But there's no one my dear! I speak noticing the empty stairs
No she's there, why can't you see?
There's no one my dear, Are you sure it's not your imaginative fantasy?
She's there! She's there! Why don't you look closely?

Who are you talking to? comes a distant voice
This little girl I answer she broke her doll but maybe she's facing some issues with her mind
She says there's her friend but there's no one I conclude
What do you mean? asks the lady scooting closer to the stairs confused
Maybe she has schizophrenia her parents should get her checked
Did you take your pills? Asks the lady with a confusing stance
No! What do you mean? First help the little girl with her hallucinating layers..
The lady looks at me maybe mortified...
Why is it though? I can't really pinpoint..

There's no girl! the lady states to me softly...
She's there! She's there! Why don't you look closely?

~Scythe


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