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Pop
Menemene
To regard another’s suffering or misfortune with sorrow, compassion, or kindness.
Rrrrrrriiiipppppop!
It was the sound of Velcro tearing mixed with the suction cup sound of a newly opened jar of guava jam.
Rrrripop-pop-pop-pop! Rrrripop-pop-pop-pop!
Lying the in dark, the sound was driving me nuts. It was coming from the wall behind my bed and a little higher than my head.
It’s nothing, go to sleep, I thought.
It’s probably some evil three-headed sucker fish creeping up on me.
Don’t be such a panty. They wouldn’t leave you here if something bad could get you.
Or would they? It would solve a lot of problems.
I flipped my pillow to the cool side.
Rrrripop-pop-pop-pop! Rrrripop-pop-pop-pop!
It didn’t help.
Rrrripop. . . pop. . . pop.
Pop.
Silence.
I waited.
