Things I Found in the Dark

When a storm came, we pulled out every plug in the house as a matter of immediate urgency. Creosote dried on the summer shed. My mother sang Groovy Kind of Love in the kitchen. This is the story of all the things that ever happened to me.The teenage wild, lit-up nights that never leave your veins. The things I promised myself about pain in a black hospital dusk. The all-night pharmacies of New York that kept me alive until morning. The boy that appeared in the shade of the party. A...
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When a storm came, we pulled out every plug in the house as a matter of immediate urgency. Creosote dried on the summer shed. My mother sang Groovy Kind of Love in the kitchen. This is the story of all the things that ever happened to me.The teenage wild, lit-up nights that never leave your veins. The things I promised myself about pain in a black hospital dusk. The all-night pharmacies of New York that kept me alive until morning. The boy that appeared in the shade of the party. A plane exit. An anthrax scare. A car crash. A baby born in a bathroom. The news about my brain, the news that I'm dying. How do you survive sickness and madness? What jokes are coming to save you? This story might be your story too.Let me tell you about the things that I found in the dark.