Hard-boiled Wonderland & the End of the World

Two people can sleep in the same bed and still be alone when they close their eyes, if you know what I mean.

Almost meditative in their stillness

What is given has nothing to do with what we seek

He had sorted screws of different sizes into clean white trays. They looked so happy.

Very likely, I will regret leaving this Town for the rest of my life. Yet I cannot stay

She laughed again. Nice to know I could still make someone laugh

I wanted to die under the sun

no longer cared. The water could rise all it wanted. I was set to survive. To get back my memories. I would be manipulated no more. I'd shout it out loud. I'm mad as hell! Nobody's pushing me around any more! Do you hear!

Forget the end of the world, I was ready to reclaim my whole self

What was lost was lost. There was no retrieving it, however you schemed, no returning to how things were, no going back