Survival In The Black

She's not the kind of girl Who likes to tell the world About the way she feels about herself She takes a little time in making up her mind She doesn't want to fight against the tide And lately I'm not the only one I say never trust anyone She knows the human heart And how to read the stars Now everything's about to fall apart I won't be the one who's going to let you down Maybe you'll get what you want this time around I won't be the one who's going to let you down Maybe you'll get what you want this time around - The Trick Is To Keep Breathing – Garbage 3 Months Ago The ringing in her ears couldn’t drown out the echoing of gunfire that surrounded her like a death shroud. She closed her eyes and wiped the blood off her cheek with the back of her hand as she quietly named all the bones in the body. Phalanges, Metatarsals, Tarsals, Fibula, Tibia… She could feel her breathing calm down slowly with each tick off the mental skeleton in her head, her e...

I sat down at the bar at Fook’s, cracking open the ol’ book on the circulatory system. I have been coming to Fook’s mostly for the Green River water. Seems I went and gotten myself addicted to it. I hadn’t gotten far when I heard someone behind me. Immi… She asked for water, so I got her a glass of water. She said no… she needed more and headed to the hydrogarden. I followed her, tossing the water aside before chasing her. She was there, filling up a container with the hose and I asked her what she was doing. Going to the Wastes. And the way she was talking, she wasn’t gonna come back. Not allowed. I tried to talk her into taking me. She refused. The radiation would hurt me especially so soon after the surgery. She was hurt… angry… she was in love with Duncan as well. She loved both Td and Duncan and she was so torn and crazed with guilt that she wasn’t thinking straight. I didn’t want to do it. I had to. I gave her a sedative. Just walked up behind her and injected her. I kne...