Trapped: Nightmare
Lindsay Mayeux 1992 (United States of America)
Eighty thousand people in a football stadium.
Trapped. Armed guards,
troops, march in.
They won't let us out.
They say there is a problem.
We are unclean and unhealthy.
We are a danger to everyone.
But the soldiers aren't right.
They look human,
but have the movements of an insect.
They don't seem right.
Do their eyes emit darkness?
They say it's for our own good.
Orders to be followed.
We must stay inside or die.
Hell, they want to kill us anyway.
They...
hunger?
We are on the menu.
They seem delighted.
Our fear, our suffering,
our flesh
and blood.
We are what sustains them.
Our energy is what they want.
They are here for a feast.
They are here for mankind.
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Submitted by lindsaymayeux on March 10, 2024
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