skeletons
raze he visited his grandmother's son in the hospital when there was almost nothing left of himthe man who'd mocked him in better days reduced to a skin-covered skeleton.

"i'm afraid," the skeleton said through tears. "i don't want to die."

instead of coughing up words of comfort, he told him something true.

"everyone does eventually."

and he gave his bones a shake.
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