joeislove's 100-word story for April 20, 2025

joeislove wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on April 20, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

"Knock it off, Harry." The guy kept showing up every day, claiming he could hypnotize me. He said it would help my anxiety, but it just got on my nerves even more. "You're feeling sleepy." Yeah, man we're all sleepy. We're all tired as hell out here. Have you looked at the world lately? It's like every day I wake up to some new calamity. The last thing I need is some grungy old fucker with a bad hat telling me he can fix all my problems with a watch and a few words. Seriously, Harry. Kindly just fuck off.

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