reasons to live
he is far away from home. he is bringing her home a rock. he is bringing her home the ugliest rock he can find, as per her request. pick a rock that nobody would ever want, she tells him. i want to hold something nobody else would ever care to hold, she says. he picks up the most repulsive, dirtiest rock he can find, and he thinks about how weird she is, and how much he adores her weirdness. he clutches the rock tightly in his palm and thinks about her death. i would be so mad if you died before i came home, he tells her. she doesn’t question why he is talking about her death. i would have nobody to give this rock to, he continues. it would be the most unloved rock in the whole entire world.
