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Seizure #774

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I was in the middle of a violent convulsion in bed
the bedroom door swung open
you shuffled in unannounced and unwanted
I attempted to verbalize 
you stared 
I grunted 
“please”
you stared 
“leave”
you stared
“me”
you stared
“alone”
you stared 
I yelled
“GET”
you stared
“OUT”
you stared
your head jolted back as you awkwardly shuffled out of the bedroom
slamming the door behind you 
we barely spoke ever again 

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  • A Black person with white-rimmed glasses smiles widely with their eyes closed. They are holding their book, DEAR PHILOMENA by Mugabi Byenkya, and are surrounded by a circle of light.

    Mugabi Byenkya is an award-winning writer. In 2018, they were honored as one of fifty-six writers who has contributed to their native Uganda’s literary heritage in the fifty-six years since independence by Writivism, East Africa’s largest literary festival. Check out the rest of their work on their website, mugabibyenkya.com.