…gone. Because I was not up at four or five a.m. Because I was left to sleep in and lost the predawn moments. I have to do so many things today, and must not forget to buy Halloween candy for the little bitches, er, I mean, witches–Halloween witches and goblins who will ring my doorbell tonight, the bell that doesn’t work.
I have had two cigarettes this morning. But I didn’t inhale.
The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology