{"id":245,"date":"2016-01-28T11:38:59","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T17:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/mosaic\/?p=245"},"modified":"2016-01-28T11:38:59","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T17:38:59","slug":"something-in-the-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/mosaic\/2016\/01\/28\/something-in-the-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Something in the Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Chelsea Pierre<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Night after night, the darkness brings chaos and cold. Frigid wind paralyzes my limbs. I wish they\u2019d just keep my damn door shut. Pacing, mindless pacing, keeps irrational sanity intact. Numbed fingertips leave hands no longer useful for someone in my profession. A sigh slip my parted lips, breathing turning to ice. Cinnamon pelts steal my gaze to the ultimate temptation, but I can\u2019t sleep yet. Another breeze runs through my tent, caressing my cheek before making its way out. 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