Don’t Fight with Crazy by Tracey Simmons

“The room felt electric with smiled glances, loud murmuring laughter, and conversations of people catching up. In between the smell of burnt coffee and cigarettes, ammonia whiffed through the room, because the janitor had just finished up as we were coming in.”

Published August 3, 2020 in Reclamation Magazine. Feature illustration by Yazmin Butcher.