The Devil's Only Friend
“My eye, adjusted to the dark, easily made out the way to the toilet. It took so long for me to produce anything that I finally had to sit down to piss like a woman. The chill in the air made me shiver the whole time, and when I finished, I pulled a blanket from the bed and wrapped it around me.
It didn’t seem likely that I could make it through the window and up to my seat on the fire escape without a terrible ruckus—if I could manage it at all—so I pulled up the shade just a bit and dragged my... living room chair near the window. Without the lights on, it was easy to see out. I didn’t have the view I would have had from my seat on the fire escape, but it was comforting to see my old alley.
Federle had been right about the liquor. My hands felt less swollen, and my breathing was a little easier. I was all alone, really, and I realized that there wasn’t much keeping me alive. If things kept running toward misery, I figured I’d skip over to the other side some day soon, step in front of a streetcar or a truck or heave my carcass off the top of the Guardian Building.MoreLess
It didn’t seem likely that I could make it through the window and up to my seat on the fire escape without a terrible ruckus—if I could manage it at all—so I pulled up the shade just a bit and dragged my... living room chair near the window. Without the lights on, it was easy to see out. I didn’t have the view I would have had from my seat on the fire escape, but it was comforting to see my old alley.
Federle had been right about the liquor. My hands felt less swollen, and my breathing was a little easier. I was all alone, really, and I realized that there wasn’t much keeping me alive. If things kept running toward misery, I figured I’d skip over to the other side some day soon, step in front of a streetcar or a truck or heave my carcass off the top of the Guardian Building.MoreLess
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