Childwhojumpsclouds

The mirror is fogged
          	And I did it alone
          	Did you see?
          	Mother, are you proud?
          	That I can act on my own?
          	Now I can only know of myself what you tell me

Childwhojumpsclouds

Each patient who was here before me enters the back, leaving the waiting room in the hospital. I haven’t spoken to them, and I never will. We’ve never made eye contact—how long have we been sitting here? It’s the end of existence, the last corner of the world.