NPM 19: Jumper

NPM 19: Jumper

There was a suicide.
The trains stop running.
People crowd the platform.
A body crushed under the wheels of a speeding train.
You are selfish.
You are sad.
You are remembered as an inconvenience.
What did you want?
There’s always one this time of year, she says adjusting her sunglasses.
And it’s always during rush hour.
Impact. Significance. That’s what you wanted.
And I’m sorry this is how you had to get it.

NPM 5: Drugged

NPM 5: Drugged

They told me to take it. 

Shhh…it’ll make it better.

Just two a day would make me normal again.

I drink them all.

Two will make it better, all will make it perfect.

I feel nothing now. Everything is clear. Nothing hurts.

Emotionless I lay back and wrap my legs around death. 

“It’s okay if we play,” I tell him.

“I know now that nothing really matters.”