Samuel 8: In Writing

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de-escalation is key. Lower

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your voice. Crouch

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down. Slow your body,

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though your heart

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might pound. If you tense

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he’ll feel it—be

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 calm.

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Listen! he screams,

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You don’t listen to me!

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Stare at the gaping maw

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the screaming teeth. Feel

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nothing.

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I thought, he gulps

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I thought you said…

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But I didn’t say, I want

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to say, but don’t–

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to de-escalate.

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I thought you said

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it’s for me. I want

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it to be mine.

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And I want to give him

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what is mine

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to swerve the storm

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escape.

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No, I say. Walk away--

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slowly, slowly

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--to not escalate.

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