In the new dark, we found our breath exasperated…
“well”
he stuttered and then gasped greatly, relenting to exhaustion:
“you know…”
(heaving)
“fuckit”
This endorsement was conclusive.
I was grateful that he admitted our exhaustion first, because this way I didn’t have to reveal my own frailty, and with this falseness agreed with him.
“yeah, we can find a place, [...]