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fragments
these came back on their own. none of them has a place to go.
- 001summer, but not yours
- 002you missed the bus again
- 003nobody came back here
- 004the lights were always on
- 005this place knew your name
- 006you were happy here for about an hour
- 007the door was propped open for someone
- 008it was already getting dark when you arrived
- 009you have this room in other dreams too
- 010someone is still waiting in the car
- 011the television was on in an empty room
- 012you knew the code to the gate
- 013it smelled like chlorine and carpet
- 014the radio kept playing after closing
- 015you were supposed to be picked up
- 016the pattern on the floor is from your school
- 017the vending machine took your money
- 018you were the last one in the building
- 019your friend's house, but the wrong floor
- 020it was warm for october
- 021you could hear a pool somewhere
- 022the numbers on the doors stopped making sense
- 023nobody minded that you were there
- 024the phone rang twice and then stopped
- 025you were nine and it was almost bedtime
- 026the ceiling lights hummed in the same key
- 027there was a birthday happening two rooms away
- 028you have been here before, in a hurry
- 029the lift went down further than the ground floor
- 030you remember the smell before the place
- 031the sprinklers came on at four
- 032everything was clean and nothing was used
- 033you could see your house from the window
- 034the wallpaper was a colour that does not exist
- 035somebody had already turned the heating on for you
- 036you woke up here and it was still the same day
- 037the shop was open but there was no one behind the counter
- 038the corridor had a season in it
- 039the year was on the board and it was wrong
- 040you were told not to go past the third floor