In Just Once Sentence

In Just Once Sentence, a photo by hbmike2000 on Flickr.

TRUE! - nervous - very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why WILL you say that I am mad? - Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart

First, stop saying because you can see my photostream. Rude.

Second, the opening line to Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart is one of the best opening lines ever written. In one dark, moody, glorious question you are dragged down into the hellish madness of the narrator's story. You read through the written word on the page, holding your breath, afraid to continue, but you do. You read all the way to the end, finally finishing just as the clock flips to midnight. You set the book down and reach over to the table lamp next to the bed, hesitating. Click. The lights go off and the shadows come out and dance across the walls. You hide under the covers to no avail. The sound of a beating heart plays in your ears. It gets louder! louder! louder! LOUDER!

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sorry, I scared myself again.

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