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Homelessness Creative Writing

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Clay woke up to the loud, and obnoxious screeching of the alarm clock that rested on the floor next to his bed, he groaned in annoance at realization of consciousness, wishing sleeping felt longer. After laying there for another five minutes with the alarm blaring in the background, he desided to get up. The feline streched his frail wings out, making the muscles inside shiver slightly from the lack of use for the past few hours. After a bit more stretching in bed, Clay lazily slipped out of bed, his paws hitting the floor with a muffled "thump", due to the carpeted flooring. He walked over to his dresser, opening the top-left drawer. The teenager carelessly stuck his paw into the piles of unfolded clothes that were crammed into the tiny drawer, pulling out a randomly selected T-shirt that happened to be purple. He slipped it on with ease, knowing how small he was and that most of his clothing were formally his older sibling 's, who was masive. …show more content…

Clay grabbed ahold of the handle belonging to the top-middle drawer, and pulled back, opening it. Same as the previously opened one, it was a mess. He reached in, and grabbed whatever rested on top of the mess, a pair of blue jeans. They were cold, and unconfortable for a minute or two, due to how isolated it had been in that small drawer. But soon, Clay adjusted to the new feeling, or maybe the pants just headed up due to his body head... Clay desided not to put much thought into

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