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you ever see a shape
that's not quite there?

it's the kind of thing
you'd miss if you weren't
staring at the screen
at 3 AM
with the monitor
humming like a dying fan
and the phone line
whining static.

it starts as a flicker--
a jagged edge in the
wrong shade of purple,
then it moves,
but not like anything
living. more like
a corrupted screenshot
of something
that was never meant
to be seen.

my friend drew it
in ansi art once.
blocky. 16 colors.
a house with no doors,
a tree with roots
floating midair,
a figure sitting
on the roof
but the figure is just
a glitch--
a repeated pattern
of your own eyes
when you blink too fast.

you can't save it.
if you try,
it turns to noise.
but if you stare,
it stares back.

(press enter to continue)
(but you won't)

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