A version of this was first published in Extra Crispy (now defunct).
With Level One privileges at the psychiatric hospital I am involuntarily checked into, the patient is allowed off the ward for breakfast. But because my first half-day is spent hiding in my room’s dresser, sobbing, no one knows that I am not a danger to myself or others, so I spend the …
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