How High We Go in the Dark

by Sequoia Nagamatsu

“We love you, Danny,” he said. “My little Dan the man.” “We’ll be right here, watching,” she said. “You’re such a good boy.”

Oh man i'm at the bus and im already crying

He’s seen the funerary industry take over our banking system, the footage of people paying for food at the grocery store with mortuary cryptocurrencies tied to ad-ridden phone apps.

Damn

LIFE MUST PREVAIL. SPEND YOUR FUNERARY TOKENS ON THE LIVING.

Maybe, with help, I will wave at you when you cross the street. I will begin setting the table for one.

He wonders what proportion of happy moments to sad ones is necessary for a person to sincerely want to keep living

“People have forgotten how to care for each other, for themselves. We can’t expect them to care about the world if they don’t care about what’s in front of them,”

I hate how the world is finally coming together to help the planet when I’m coming undone.