School ain't never been simple for me. Soon as I walk through them double doors, it's like the whole building starts hollerin' at my brain. Lights buzzing, lockers slamming, teachers talking fast like they tryna beat a timer, kids...

Red ones, yellow ones, pink and green, orange and purple and blue, Cathy was a rainbow, was a rainbow, was a rainbow, too… 2am: I can’t sleep, I’m too cold and I’ve got a stiff neck. My neck clunks and clicks like...

He didn’t return to the bomb-hole until Monday, a beautifully warm sunny day with a mild south-westerly wind, perfect for swimming. Alone, he plunged into the ice-cold water, crawling as far as the mass of tangled brambles, lichen petrified...

By the time Mama got home that evening, I could already feel that familiar tightness building in my chest that buzzing, restless pressure that always showed up when the day had been too long and too loud. It started...