Mel Finishes the Week
Mar 11th, 2025 by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
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His week at the coin-operated laundromat finally over, Mel wished for nothing more, after a meal of mac & cheese, than a night of uninterrupted sleep.
So, now in REM sleep, he was able to dream, to put his Uncle’s laundromat behind him.
To recover.
But what the…
It was his Uncle Leo, bursting into Mel’s dream of sleeping on laundry. There’s something pleasant about lying on towels and underwear at your work.
“I don’t pay you to sleep. Take this mop, Mel.”
All that night he spent mopping.
Mopping and mopping linoleum until the morning, when he awoke exhausted.
From Guest Contributor David Sydney
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