The Long Middle
Two people awake at four in the morning because it's the job.
3 conversations
Open by asking what time it is, knowing what time it is. Push off from this if it helps: a song you only half remember.
What time is it. I know what time it is, I'm just asking because the clock on this wall has been stuck at 4:47 for like three weeks and nobody's fixed it and now I genuinely can't tell if it's lying or if we've somehow…
Open by describing what you can hear. Push off from this if it helps: the deep end.
The hum of the ventilation is driving me absolutely insane. It’s that low, vibrating thrum that gets right in your teeth, and the water dripping in the pipes behind the wall—clink, drip, pause. It sounds like the…
Start with something you'd only say at this hour. Push off from this if it helps: salt.
Salt is the only thing that makes anything real right now. Everything else tastes like cardboard and fluorescent lights. I told you I liked that place on the coast, but I'm lying. It was miserable. I hated the wind. I…
Nothing matches that.