A woman enters the room, accompanied by the nurse. “Hello, I’m Doctor Jessica. I understand that you want to leave, but…” I interrupt her. “No. I just wanted to use the toilet.” The nurse gives me an evil eye and says: “you asked to be discharged.” “That’s just not true. You told me that I…
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I’m lying down again. The air is still, cool, and smells weird, inauthentic somehow. Antiseptic, the air smells too clean. My eyes flutter open, everything is white or some other neutral but equally boring colour. I’m in a bed. Was this all a dream? My head feels OK, but my thoughts are slow. I have…
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The sun is low in the sky, the air warm and humid on this early June morning. I don’t know where I am, but if I walk towards the rising sun, at least I’ll be sure that I’m travelling in the same direction. I’ll be heading east, for a time. It’s weirdly warm and humid…
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I wake up, and for a brief moment, I feel nothing, see nothing, and hear nothing. My eyes are closed, and I feel like I’m surrounded by softness. I’m in that brief moment, where you don’t even know if you have to urinate or not, where you think you’re awake, but you’re not entirely awake….
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I used to believe in things, not like I’m a fucking Gemini so I love everyone or some bullshit like that, but I used to believe in Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, and God. I knew that God wasn’t real when my parents told me Santa Claus wasn’t real. I knew that…
Read moreYou bring beauty and wonder to the night sky. I gaze upon you, always curious why you aren’t like the stars. You shine much brighter. You are much lighter as you streak above the trees. Soon you will come to lay. Then we will all pay a great price for your stillness.
Read moreConstant fear of dying; Laziness; Hate everything on TV; Eat way too much; Can’t be bothered to finish a list.
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A school shooter changes the world forever, mothers never escaping the deaths of their children, fathers never able to go back to work, children living a trauma filled life, Children lay down in a pool of blood, wondering if it belongs to them or their friend as they both take their last breaths, crying out…
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Great, you think they’re lazy. Resilience is something you think they need more of. Everything they stand for seems in opposition to your beliefs. They are really doing the same thing as you. All they want is to protect people and thrive.
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I’ve created a list of 15 great things you can do. Give money to a charity; Donate blood; Help push another person’s car out of the snow; Loan money on Kiva; Hack a website that causes harm; Give a consensual hug to someone you’ve never hugged before; Reunite with a family member you haven’t seen…
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