emptiness.

“ I’m just  d y i n g  to say

Hey
do you ever  f e e l  like
jumping off a bridge?

or

Do you feel
an  e m p t i n e s s  inside your chest at night
that is going to  s w a l l o w  you?

But you can’t say that
at a cocktail party. ”


— Paul Gilmartin, The Mental Illness Happy Hour