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The Key

On cracking my code.

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When I allow you to take my blood, thick and dark, like treacle… When I let you wrap the cuff around my arm, translucent in the light… When I take that slip of paper from your hand, our fingers touch, briefly… When I walk through those double doors, that open, like jaws… When I change into that gown, thin, crackly, made my Nabisco… When I lay down on the table, an ice floe in my Arctic rush of panic… When I draw in breath, slow, deep, steady, at your behest… When I hear the “click” and “buzz” of your ordained invasion…

Finally. All my secrets will be revealed.

Sherry McGuinn is a longtime Chicago-area writer and award-winning screenwriter. Her work has appeared in The Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times and numerous other publications. Sherry’s manager is currently pitching her newest screenplay, a drama with dark, comedic overtones and inspired by a true story.

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