Dreamland

I hate people who use the term retard or gay as a slight.
I was sitting next to this person on the couch, though I had no idea who he was. I think he worked with disabled consumers. We watched the TV, and I commented that the show was retarded.
Then I said sorry. I just realized that I used ‘retarded’ to describe the show. He nodded. Yeah, I know.

Sleep was fitful and interrupted all night long, as it has been for a week now. I was overheating and awoke feeling like I was hung over, even though I had had nothing to drink the night before.