Well a couple of weeks ago I got a book out of one of them boxes people leave things in for free. I got it because it was small and it looked about the right size to go under a lamp I have which is always wobbling probably because I got it out of a box too but people leave so much stuff on the side of the road it's stupid to buy anything.
Today I started to read it because I had to come home from work early on account of my head hurting that way they do when looking at lights can make you feel all done over in the stomach and I couldn't even think of looking at something all lit up like a screen.
Anyway it's about this place called Starkfield Massachusetts which apparently everyone wants to get the hell out of and it does sound pretty cold and lousy. But near as I can tell from the first two chapters it's just a story what's already given up its ending which is that a fellow who probably did want to get out of Starkfield couldn't see his way to getting out of Starkfield and now he's old and wretched. It's all pretty slow going so I don't see why I should shoulder on through the rest of it if it's already over.
I'll never know why people read when they get sick.