Before and After (Before and After, #1)

by Andrew Shanahan

I can’t stop a small fart from creeping out which has just enough of a rasp that it was very obviously from me.

“Hold your horses, Fatty,” he says and a cloud of sweet-smelling vape billows from his mouth.

Earlier I’d asked for a glass of water, or for them to loosen the sheets,

IM GONNA CRY

“You don’t bake a fajita Karl!”

IKDR BEN

He did an online course in drop-shipping and became a pro-seller on eBay,

NOOOOOOOOO

Italian

French

He felt as though he was inflated with helium and tethered to his chair by a luminous orange guide rope.

said Karen with barely contained spite.

Fuck this bitch Lol

The irony of my morbid obesity keeping me alive is not lost on me.

What ALR is preparing for

won’t do that. So, we go onward.

Truly how it feels to have a pet

She smelled of quiet things and happy things.

We thank you for the woman who brought Brown into Ben’s life

Bro im gonna cry?

There is so much loss.

rather that than start a new journey

The other issue is that I am scared.

:(

11th September

Ben felt his scrotum tighten.

Maybe then I could have lived a life, rather than just hiding.

“I knew you would make it.”

Oh im sobbing