“‘The first stage of absinthe drinking is like ordinary drinking’,” Daniel says, “’the second, you begin to see monstrous and cruel things, but if you can persevere, you will enter upon the third stage where you see things that you want to see, wonderful and curious things.’ Oscar Wilde said that.”
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“They want me, and I give them a physical reward. They walk away with a release. I walk away knowing what I can do to them. Power without the power, I know that, but it’s enough for now. When he finishes, he lies against me, his head on my chest. I stay silent. Emptied. Unresolved.”
artist credit: Kari Newton