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Short Story #24: Let Sleeping Dogs Lie This week's list of words: 1. Mail 2. Dogs 3. Sleep Words given by lostgoose on Discord/Kingdom Guard. “Henry. Henry. Wake up. They're coming after me. Help me.” May's voice came from seemingly nowhere. Henry looked around, finding darkness everywhere. “Henry Brian Reginald. Get up. It's important that you wake up.” The darkness began to fill with a dim light. A hallway outside this, room? This view, seemed familiar to Henry. But he couldn't place it. It's been so long. From the hallway, two shadows showed, a man and a woman. The two were whispering. “Don't wake him.” The man's voice came first. “But he needs to.” “Let him sleep. We'll take care of this ourselves. He needn't be bothered anymore. This is our mess, not his.” “But, Frank. He...” “No, May. Say no more. I've been working on this for a very long time. Now that we're working together again, our plan will go perfectly.” She sighs. “Frank. Our plans never go perfectly. Remember our first

Over a decade being held by depression Its tendrils tight upon my brain The darkness tightened that spot right behind my sternum I fought my own entropy Until I made a final confession And out of despair I found a new mentality, and hopped on that train I felt the beat of my heart once more like a drum I found myself on a brighter canopy Two years it's been, and finally a week of regression But I won't let it lead me back to that place, into that drain There is nothing there for me, not even a crumb I will no longer let depression be a part of my identity No longer shall I let myself stay in indecision Even if I trip and get a sprain I will claw my way out of that pit and hold onto every lum I will not go back to that despair for any of the rest of my eternity