The yellow bar appeared in the corner of my wall-screen three days before midnight. Just a thin line at first, easy to ignore while I was trimming the hydroponic lettuce in Unit 47-C, my fingers slick with nutrient solution, the chemical tang of it sharp under my nails. But by evening it had numbers: red … Continue reading Balance Review
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The Radiator Song
The nurse takes my typewriter at the front desk. She slides it into a cubby with my name on a card, the letters pressed so hard the paper dimples. My notebooks go in after it. Then my pens. She does this with a smile that doesn't reach past her bottom lip, and I watch her … Continue reading The Radiator Song
