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Submitted to Contest #205
Coping Mechanism for the Common Man Tick. Tick. Tick. The clock on Aaron’s bedside table was the only sound filling his dead apartment. Aaron lay motionless in his bed, staring up at his ceiling. The sunrise peeked through his curtains turning his whitewashed walls blue. Brrring. Brrring. Aaron turned his alarm off on the second ring. “Three…four…five…six…” At seven he rose from his bed. By nine, the covers had been replaced as if he had never slept in them. It was exactly ten steps to the bathroom. Aaron couldn’t hear ...
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