This piece is fantastic. Many times I have started to write a story not realizing I was doing so to drain the still festering ooze from a wound I thought had healed.
PAIN, ANGUISH, AND SADNESS-POCKET EMPTYING EXPERIENCE TOO LONG PUT OFF— THAT ENTIRELY UNEXPECTED AND INTENSE ASPECT BEGAN AS SOON AS I STARTED TYPING
is the kicker-title to this story I published in KTHT, which I do not believe you caught
I created two new reader interest tags just now that I was surprised did not exist: “Pain Pockets” and “Draining Pain Pockets.”