Assisting with our arrivals they are courteous in that clinical way. No small talk Here comes the next peak, they say, Try to relax— knowing that we won’t, even though won’t in the end will spare us nothing. Still, they don’t chide, remembering that we’ve had no practice, that for each of us, it is always the first time.
Claire Bateman | Mudlark No. 44 (2011) Contents | (Pure)