Dirty Daddies Underground
Like the white is fading into grey.
I reach another door and fling it open, desperate for air, for a way out of this dream or nightmare or whatever it is. The second I step in, I know I’ve made a mistake. There’s another body.
This time it’s my father.
He sits in a wheelchair, head slumped forward, hands resting lifeless in his lap. There’s blood on his shirt. His eyes are open, glazed over, staring at nothing. The beeping of a heart monitor suddenly screams into existence, even though the screen shows a flat line.