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Weekly Contest #367
Sensitive Themes: Suicide / Depression / Mental Health / Self-Harm (somewhat metaphorical) The Apartment Upstairs *** Calloused hands clutch the shovel like an anchor, digging the blade into the cracks of the linoleum tiles. My back aches from being hunched over for so long. I look longingly over at my bed, the blankets barely visible through the open door. It’s almost midnight, and I have work at nine in the morning. My fingers itch to drop the shovel, crawl into bed and get the good night’s sleep that I know my body needs and my mind crav...
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