I was walking along the mall this afternoon, and these jumble of sentences came into my mind (well, i was actually inside ACE Hardware, looking at lamps, and so this certainly has bearing).I do not write short stories (not anymore, at least), but this might be the beginning of something. The title of the post could be the title of this piece. Stay tuned if anything develops...
It is not as if he is afraid of the dark. It is just he prefers to leave the lights on when he sleeps because he finds there is something oddly comforting waking up in the middle of the night bathed in the garish fluorescent light. Waking up in the middle of his sleep is a habit he has learned to live with. In fact, in even in broad daylight, he would sometimes just leave the lights on. His mother was always despairing about his electric bills. A friend likes to theorize his penchant for the bright light is symptomatic of a problem. This friend however did not specify what problem and what the other symptoms could be.
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