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šŸšØ Daylight Savings Time ā€” PSA šŸšØ

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Stephen H Stein
2 min readNov 7, 2021

INTā€Šā€”ā€ŠBEDROOMā€Šā€”ā€ŠEARLY MORNING

Itā€™s 5:30 in the morning, the first day of Daylight Savings in which we ā€˜fall backā€™. Phoebe is asleep. Steveā€¦ was sleeping. Magic, the cat, is outside the door.

MAGIC
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hellllllo! Iā€™m hungry here! What the (beep), man! I need to eat! I donā€™t give a (beep) about your daylight savings! My internal clock is primal. Itā€™s ancient. Itā€™s (beep) perfect! I know exactly what (beep) time it is! ITā€™S TIME TO EAT! LETā€™S GO, (BEEP)! HEY! HEY! HEY!

Steve turns away from the door and closes his eyes.

MAGIC
HEY, (beep)! I HEAR YOU! DONā€™T MAKE ME PEE ON THE RUG OR SCRATCH UP THAT CHAIR IN THE DINING ROOM BECAUSE I WILL (beep) DO IT!

Steve gets out of bed, opens the door, shuts it behind him.

STEVE
Shhhh.

MAGIC
(Beep) you!

STEVE
Cā€™mon, man. Look how dark it is. Itā€™s nighttime.

MAGIC
Itā€™s the (beep) morning, (beep)! Be a responsible human being and get me my (beep) food!

STEVE
Dude, you have to stop swearing. Thatā€™s not-

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Stephen H Stein
Stephen H Stein

Written by Stephen H Stein

Have a nice day unless you have other plans.

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