The policemen say I’ve become paranoid. They’ve seen it happen to interns before. It comes from working in the E.W.” “I thought you liked the E.W.” “I used to. It had been fun. It wasn’t all gomers. There were people whose lives I saved, I actually saved.” “What happened?” “I got competent to handle the big stuff, and the other stuff is just one abusive person after another. It shits. Addicts trying to dupe you for dope, drunks, the poor, the clap, the lonelies—I hate ’em all. I don’t trust anyone. It comes from being vomited on and spit at and yelled at and conned. Everyone’s out to get me to
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