Ivan

On the first week of summer he realized that the reason he could not breathe was not because he could not comprehend his thoughts but because his body generated them in the first place.

And it was because of the way his thoughts asphyxiated him that he chose to lay flat on his porch with his bare torso for the next four weeks of summer. To him it was perfectly logical, to lie in one place all day to stop the flow of unwanted thoughts, but to others, not so much.

The question as to why he lay on the porch half naked never seemed to escape anyone's mind. It was a common inquiry people would have as they would ask each other what Marian's kid was doing on the porch looking all beat-up inside. Though no one could deny it was quite a sight to see; a boy, shirtless lying face down on rundown porch, yes, it was quite a sight indeed.