Julia Cohen is the author of three books, most recently I Was Not Born (Noemi Press). This essay is an excerpt from her current manuscript, Freak Lip. Find her at: www.juliacohenwriter.com.
Over the song, for the first time in three days, we can’t hear the beeping of Q’s monitors. I slip my hands in his back pockets and rest my cheek on his neck. As we spin, medical wires wrap around us like seaweed.