The Shock of the Fall (Special edition)

We smoke for ages. There is nothing else to do

to be kept on an acute psychiatric ward for day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day etc

Especially if you’re only young when it happens, you might worry that over time you’ll stop being able to picture them properly.

and the elephant in the room is the room itself

We didn’t go out much, though. And never without Dad taking us. I suppose that’s what I mean by saying how life can shrink into a house

the same story
Only fifteen minutes today, then puncture time. I have a few compliance problems with tablets, the answer – a long, sharp needle.
Every other week, alternate sides.
I’d rather not think about it now. It’s best not to think until the injection is actually going in.
Fuck this.
I’m going home.

Now we were surrounded by the first chapter of my life, neatly packed away.

HELLO, my name is your potential. But you can call me impossible. I am the missed opportunities. I am the expectations you will never fulfil. I am always taunting you, regardless of how hard you try, regardless of how much you hope.

It’s hard to know what to say sometimes, when someone does something so nice. It’s hard to know where to look.

We’re not close friends, we just sit together sometimes.