Electric Counterpoint: I. Fast - Steve Reich, Mats Bergström
I know you’ve got allergies, but please come back soon. I started taking new hormones. Without discussing the specifics, they were an acceleration of a typical process. They came in a small white packet, sealed like a breakfast bar for your lunchbox. The intention being that this snack would give you tits. The pills themselves are one milligram. They are small, white, and easily lost. They were a new addition to the evening routine. Their packaging has a day-to-day record. Like a calendar for poorly rationed emotions, you would always stay on schedule. The first week had been taken by a mouth not my own. Though, the first Monday had gone untouched. Nobody eats Mondays. Garfieldian. I started on the pills without problem. They were high in ambiguous, medicinal content. They had an intentional direction of use, prescribed for one reason, yet they sat on the edge of my throat for parting reasons. They sat, waiting for water to come, while I wished for growth, development and change. I too...