Feeling Our Way Through a Haze of Bullets

Wow, you really feel things, don’t you?

Yes, I do.

Are you, like, an empath?

I used to feel pride when I was in conversations like this. Yes! Yes! I am a deeply feeling person. Isn’t that great?

But now, not so much. These days I say to myself something to the effect of, “Yes, I am. Aren’t you?”