Darlene Watson

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“Hope” by Darlene Watson

Submitted to Contest #224

“I can’t sleep,” throwing the blanket off in a huff and staring at the ceiling, Clara whispers into the darkness, “you’ve got to be kidding me.” She reaches blindly for her phone that she’d left on the floor beside the thin mattress. Squinting at the sudden glare, she groans at the time, “Shit, 2:25 and I have so much to do in the morning and instead of sleeping I’m laying here…talking to myself apparently.” Clara swings her legs around and sits, resting her head on her bony knees she scrubs her hands through short messy hair. She stops to ...

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