I glance at the exit across the room. I want out. The bird in my chest is crashing up against its cage. I can feel the heavy thump, thump, thump of its feverish body inside and I open my mouth, not to speak, but to let the bird out so I can breathe.
Crazy (ed. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010) - ISBN: 9780547505473