Grammar
Voices whisper at me. They’ve been coming for a while. I don’t know when they started.
One day it’s quiet. But then I have company. Like a fat man at dinner. Uninvited.
My voices don’t like me.
You’re going to die, they say.
I didn’t used to believe them. Now, I don’t know. I don’t know how to tell with these things.
Outside, it’s quiet enough to hear the stars. Quiet enough to walk across town and back.
I walk slowly and I walk fast.
Mom’s waiting in the living room.
Where are your shoes?
I go to bed.
The sun comes up like a dying cat.
Today, we’ll dissect sentences in English.