He wanted to sleep.
But credit card bills demanded. Inbox hummed. Deadlines crept up.
Time got away.
When he made it to bed, he tossed, turned, dreamed of speeding down hills.
He consumed Diet Coke. But he still imagined soft surrender, slumber.
Nightmares lingered, meandered.
He flicked on every light.

Yash Seyedbagheri is a graduate of Colorado State University’s MFA fiction program. His stories, “Soon,” “How To Be A Good Episcopalian,” and “Tales From A Communion Line,” were nominated for Pushcarts. Yash’s work has been published in SmokeLong Quarterly, The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts, and Ariel Chart, among others.