break_the_silence raze the game is simple. we take turns doing what the cards tell us to. i acquire a building that's a figment of my imagination. he steals my money and dumps the deck on the floor. i'm not sure who wins. my daughter sits cross-legged on carpet drained of its colour. she smiles while i talk through the tragedy of being unable to shield her from all the loss and hurt she's bound to be battered by. in the bed where it all began, i search for something solid. support for the paper i aim to stain with words. all i find is a remote missing the device it's meant to manipulate. my stepfather's sister latches onto me from behind. her limbs twine with mine and pin me to my mattress. she's made herself a cellular straightjacket. my eyes settle on a door that isn't quite closed. the sound that comes out of me is something like a scream. "no one cares," she purrs. "no one's there." her moist mouth is the one lie i can't make myself believe. 250922 what's it to you? who go blather from