I Hear Them Calling in the Pipes After Sundown

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I hear them calling in the pipes after sundown, their voices too sticky and sweet, like plums gone to rot.

One night I awoke to find myself sleepwalking toward the sewer. The next time, my fingers are wrapped around the cold metal gate, poised to lift it.

I know it's only a matter of time before my voice joins them down in the darkness.

It's okay though.

I can already tell that by then I won't be afraid.

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