The Infernal Optimist
“About the lipsewing?’ ‘Yeah. How are you, anyway?’ ‘Terrible. I can’t think of anything but asylum seekers.’ ‘And me, of course.’ ‘Ha. Of course. But seriously, it’s like…I’m not even living my life any more? I don’t enjoy anything I used to. I’ve only played tennis twice in the last month. I can’t focus on my work. I haven’t…haven’t even had a single Me Day. I go to dinner parties and all I can talk about is refugees? Even when I see people rolling their eyes? I’m having trouble sleeping, too.... When I do sleep, I have this recurring dream. It starts out normally. Then suddenly something forces my mouth open and all this razor wire comes coiling out. I can’t stop it. I can’t breathe. It hurts. It’s horrible. I wake up sweating, knowing it was a nightmare but convinced I’m in Villawood.’ ‘Me too. Then I look around and I really is.’ ‘I shouldn’t…you know, I walked to the post office today to buy a stamp for a letter? I had forty-five cents exactly in my pocket.MoreLess
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