Ten.One Thousand, Seven Hundred & Seven

1. I keep pressing my fingers on the keys, watching the letters appear on the screen as the minutes creep by.

2. I start to fall while walking to the bathroom and stick out my arm to catch myself. I need to sleep.

3. I go back upstairs at my normal wake-up time and get dressed before sitting back down again.

4. He tells me I need to sleep.

5. They text me to say that everything went well and that the journalists were so happy and checkout was smooth. I can relax a little bit now before the next one.

6. I realize that I sound irritated I’m just tired and still maybe sick and my patience is thin.

7. I sit out in the sun and work. The sound of chainsaws and falling trees keeping me awake.

8. I tell them Tra Vigne for dinner - again. No one is upset about it.

9. 2019 Pax Syrah - Armagh.

10. Dead.