Art by: Andrew Mo

Art by: Julia Chen

Authored by: Julia Chen Congratulations, you’re going home. Socks meeting plastic, you bid farewell to the muddled morass where you clawed yourself free, only the lights and ceiling bearing witness to unending loss in every step – your favorite shoes, the wires under your skin, the way you laughed, as you tore yourself free, limb by limb, leaving behind only scratches on the walls, whispers in the hallway, and scribbled verdicts on paper. Congratulations, again, as you gaze u