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DESPAIR SPRINKLED WITH SATIRE

I Need My Clingy Roommate to Move Out

He has other ideas

Claire Franky

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Photo by Kinga Howard on Unsplash

My eyes hesitantly flickered open at the sound of my screaming alarm. Pulling one arm out from under the covers, I slapped at my phone on the side table, willing it to shut its face hole.

Not now, Bitch.

After several attempts, I was greeted with the sweet sound of silence. Smiling to myself, I closed my eyes again and pulled my arm back into the warmth and safety of the covers.

A few seconds went by before I became aware of a tingling sensation in my legs, followed by the realization that my feet were missing. Propping myself up on an elbow and looking down the bed to see if a demon had stolen my body, I spotted Sammy, my dog. His seventy-pound body lay horizontally across my feet and ankles, making it impossible for me to move or feel anything from the knee down.

Fucks sake.

Unable to form words yet, I let my head fall back onto the pillow, then flailed around, swinging my body from side to side and shimming my dead legs as much as I could.

You know, in a sophisticated way.

After a few seconds, the wolf begrudgingly jumped off the bed, dramatically huffing and sighing as he went. I huffed and…

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