I have the tools for catching the bus, just not the nerve. Soft suicide I can do. Take some pills, no problem. But never do I succeed that way.

If anyone's curious, here's a song my band recorded (totally raw... it never made it out of the studio). A friend of mine caught the bus, and this was my way of saying "Peace."

Anyway at the end of my day, I decided to give him a call because the worse thing that would happen is that I would have to catch the bus.

this wasn't the first time he spoke of suicide--this was a suicide chat room after all […]
00sexboy00: tonights the night to catch the bus john! u been crying u pussy? ur slanty eyes are all red!
john squeezed them shut and nodded.
gabe wanted to reach a hand through the monitor to comfort his friend. but all he could do was type.

Catch the bus

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