She said she
wanted to get high, He took her to the tallest hill in
town. She said that she wanted to stay up all night and
drink, He gave her a twelve-pack of caffeinated Pepsi and
said, “Drink up.” She said that she wanted to
shoot herself in the face, He gave her a water gun,
put her finger on the trigger, aimed it at her face and helped
her pull the trigger. She said that she wanted to cut herself, He
took a Polaroid picture of her, handed it to her along
with scissors, and had her cut it up. She said she wanted
to cry herself to sleep, He had her watch a sad, romantic
movie before bed. She said that she wanted to be
alone, He gave her a name tag that said, “My name
is: Alone.” She said that she wanted to have someone there
to take care of her always, He asked when he
wasn’t.
