Barbara Egan

Being Alive

“Okay,” He started off again. “Say someone walks out into the middle of a frozen pond, but, like, they know it’s not really frozen. Like – there’s been a freeze after a thaw, and everyone knows that the pond isn’t safe to walk on. But they go out into the middle of it and just stand there, and it’s not like they are trying to kill themselves, like directly, but they wouldn’t be too bothered if they fell through the ice and drowned you know?”