by Jools | May 11, 2023 | Sharp Scratch
Exhaustion tastes metallic. It’s ok in this moment though. It’s unusually tranquil. A heart rate monitor beeps gently in the background, the soundtrack of hospital nights. I hear snores. I’m chewing on a mini cheddar, it sits pap-like between my teeth and cheek. Funny...
by Jools | May 9, 2023 | Sharp Scratch
When you are faced with a lifeless person time arrests. He was on the floor of the bathroom, head greyed, pink foam around his mouth, neck flexed against the porcelain, chins blending into chest and silent. We practice endlessly for this scene. Shout help, airway,...
by Jools | May 9, 2023 | Tell me more
Bristol, March 2023 “As soon as we commit to try a hug, nothing matters except the hug.” “It is very small, very precise.” Treasure’s finger and thumb meet delicately; as though to show it. “It’s that feeling, when you are not close to, but connected to...
