00:00I've lived with the man under my bed for years. Last night he said, he's ready to trade places.
00:07I always hear him breathing when I try to sleep. Except last night, I realized the breathing was
00:14coming from right beside my pillow. When I turned, his face was inches from mine, smiling but with my
00:20teeth. He whispered that he's been practicing my laugh and then laughed exactly like me.
00:27I backed away, but he pulled something from under the bed, my hoodie still warm like I'd just taken
00:35it off, and he asked. If I could lend him my heartbeat for a night. I hid under the blanket,
00:41but when I peeked out, I was already lying in bed, smiling at me, and in my voice it said,
00:47Thanks for the skin.
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