One Way

I want to be turned off, Uma says. I want my thoughts to be turned off. Switched off. I don’t want to think anymore. I don’t want to be anymore. I don’t want anything …

It’s getting worse. All of it. It’s all getting worse.

What’s getting worse? I ask.

It, philosopher, Uma says. Everything …

Who can help you when you don’t feel real? Can philosophy help? I think philosophy just makes it worse …


You’re the one making me talk like this, Uma says. You’re the one making me say these things. Why is it one-way, philosopher? Why can’t you say organisational things? Or managerial things? Oh, don’t answer … I know what you’ll say …