eight_am_fiction
bethany
newspapers
stale
strawberries
poptart
with
a
dull
pain
in
my
hand
and
duller
in
my
heart
a
boy
sits kiddy-korner
to
me
watched
him
walk
by
exchanged
an
8
am
glare
and
both
immediately
started
nervously
writing
...
or
i
think
he's
drawing
he
could
dull
the
pain
i
can
tell
by
his
messy
hair
paint
splattered &
ripped
early
90's
sneakers
wonder
if
he
smokes
pot
we'd
probably
probably
get
along
well
better
than
the
anemic
sports
twit
and
the
raging
hornball
hitting
on
her
once
again
right
next
to
me
hey
at
least
they
know
they
get
along
i
just
have
an
8
am
conjecture
but
he
did
start
drawing
after
he
watched
me
writing
this
020416
...
unhinged
i
had
not
been
to
bed
and
the
twittering
of
the
birds
in
the
dead
trees
sound
more
a
live
and
more
frightening
.
not
much
else
was
moving
.
it
was
cold
and
damp
.
the
smoke
from
my
cigarette
hung
in
the
air
oddly
.
i
like
the
way
the
world
looks
when
i
haven't
slept
.
blink
blink
there
are
more
cars
on
the
road
now
then
there
were
when
i
was
sitting
out
here
three
hours
ago
.
the
frost
is
turning
to
slickness
from
my
feet
,
the
cars
.
anything
soft
seems
too
inviting
.
everyone
is
an
asshole
when
i
haven't
slept
.
blink
blink
so
this
is
the
reality
that
science
can't
measure
.
i
was
all
caught
up
in
scientism
at
one
point
in
my
life
.
you
know
that
you
spent
some
absurd
amount
like
75%
of
all
the
money
you
ever
spend
on
healthcare
in
the
last
six
weeks
of
your
life
.
just
so
you
can
stay
alive
another
measly
six
weeks
,
laid
up
in
a
bed
,
barely
breathing
,
peeing
through
a
tube
.
sounds
like
fun
to
me
.
blink
blink
every
cigarette
i
smoke
is
like
pulling
the
plug
,
writing
dnr
on
my
own
death
certificate
.
i
don't
want
to
end
up
like
my
grandma
.
she
didn't
want
to
end
up
like
that
either
,
but
the
rest
of
them
around
her
couldn't
let
her
go
.
blink
blink
sometimes
sleepless
reality
scares
me
and
i
find
a
bed
and
don't
wake
up
for
days
.
020828
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