joeislove's 100-word story for June 27, 2025

joeislove wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on June 27, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

I feel as though I'm out of focus. Not meaning that I lack focus. Meaning I feel all blurry, maybe a little bit phase-shifted. Certainly exhausted. Eighteen hours. The legal limit they can let me work before sending me home to get a minimum amount of rest. It's been this way for too long. Maximum effort followed by a brief rest. The light at the end of the tunnel faded away weeks ago. It's all I can do to drag my ragged carcass back to my apartment. A blurry mess. And the worst part is that now I can't sleep.

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