51. Defeat

The hand taking up the pen had started to tremble.


He drooled.


Only after a 0.8 dose of Veronal did his head have any clarity.


But even then, only for half an hour or an hour.


Day by day he lived in this half-light.


The blade nicked, a slim sword for a stick.

A Fool’s Life, Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, 1927

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