How easy it is, treachery. You just slide into it.

“The air is saturated with the stink of perfumes at war. There are video screens…”

“If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.”

“I lie on the floor, washed by nothing and hanging on. I cry at night. I am afra…”

“If I am good enough and quiet enough, perhaps after all they will let me go; bu…”