I sit and write like I did when I was a teenager – sloppily but freely – trying to describe the view outside the front door of the bothy, the way the reds and purples mingle with the greens and browns, the way turquoise fur quivers on the branches of the trees.
I start to think of others fondly, rather than panic because they're not there.
I start to enjoy my own company.
I stop sleeping with the axe.”
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