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PHOTO PROMPT © J Hardy Carroll

Lights

He was awake. A full 35 minutes before his alarm.

It didn’t take him long to discover what was wrong. Lights! Flashing incessantly. Infiltrating his solitude through the sliver of space between the curtains. He tore out his earplugs. Oh boy, was he going to raise hell with the Morgans this year. Their decorations always so tacky, and it was only November 17th.

But he didn’t raise hell with the Morgans. Not this year or any other. The fire crews were unable to save them. And he was never bothered by their Christmas lights again. A fact he sorely regretted.