The Coffin

When i called in sick to work, and just sat there watching the coffin for what might have been minutes, or might have been hours. Eventually, i steeled myself and moved towards it, until my face was just inches awaym the lid. I took a deep breath, trying to see if i could smell anything from inside. Nothing. If there was a dead body in there and hadn't started to smell yet, not that i really knew what a dead body smelled like. It was early summer at this point, which would mean that they must have died recently, if there was a body in there at all. When i finally got the nerve to step back out into the hall,

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