a weak body is as close to me as the very skin, you and I are under a weighted blanket draped over me daily. needles have poked me many times before, and will many times more, but there was a lot today. being forced to become a quitter and a failure is something that simply can’t be understood by anyone who has had fewer needles poke them. I ask this: is relaxing the most punishable evil? because it seems to me that those who should (relax), believe that, far more than a person who chose to be in bed on a day like today. through the window, using my voice, I saw a dalmatian big enough to give me a hug and then I noticed the sun on a pillow with barriers from the blinds covering the windows, with sun pouring through one way, and my eyes prying through, the other, to get a glimpse of such a kind creature. -Abi Heinrichs