43. butterflies are free at the zoo - Sick Sacraments
43. butterflies are free at the zoo How did I get here? The question crossed Denver’s mind as he walked down K street. He felt out of place and nothing seemed familiar. He remembered his mother once telling him that if he stopped his morbid fascination with questioning things, he would maybe get a decent job and lead a normal life. The thought had frightened him at the time, but he had come to believe that maybe there were some grains of truth sprinkled in with her tainted notions. If he stopped questioning the hypocrisy and double standards of society and just accepted them, surely his life would be easier. As he walked the blocks and alleys of the Grid, the painful moments of the past year circled in his mind. His health and finances had suffered, a terrible toothache, a root canal, a crown, bank account in the red. His love, his job, his parents’ house – all gone. On the other hand, his career as an artist h...