Test of Death

1 My best friend doesn’t wanna die but his cancer is irreversible and the sky is black and booming so I’m swallowing three of his Tramadols with a nip of eighty dollar cognac, back turned, hovering shamefaced over the armoire where Jarrod keeps his dusty trophies and awards and un-drunk alcohol. I’m a shitty nurse, […]

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