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Kathy Heim

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Kathy Heim

Submitted to Contest #224

“I just can’t sleep,” Benny mumbled under his breath, resigning any further effort to try. Despite the Melatonin and Tylenol PM, he had slept in a restless state throughout the night, rolling to one side and then to the other, wrapping himself like a cocoon in the bedding. And now, early morning sunlight filtered through the slats in the east window, casting striped shadows, showering the room with particles of dust and cat dander. Horace lept on the bed, purring and searching for Benny’s nose, and finally finding it, licked him ...

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