PERFECT HUNGER

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The Thumping and Screaming Continues
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The Thumping and Screaming Continues

Also, how I fucked up.

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Dana Leigh Lyons
Jun 13, 2025
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This is the latest of many personal dispatches on culture, healing, and spirituality from a dual Canadian-American living in Thailand. Find popular free essays here and access the rest of PERFECT HUNGER (including The Practice and Link-Ups) by upgrading here:

Hey, so.

If you missed last week’s letter, this is part two. Below:

  • An update on The Machine and screaming (which, yes, are ongoing, but with some developments)

  • Personal realizations since hitting publish last Saturday… including how I fucked up… and how that relates to what went down in the comments

This one’s feeling especially vulnerable and is for paid subscribers. You can upgrade for full access here:

Image of author seated on the floor looking down in black and white
Image of me by Rachel Shrum

The Machine and the screams continue.

I clocked my neighbor’s last scream at 2:30 a.m. It was just days ago, right before publishing last week’s letter, and I spent the remainder of the night awake: waiting, wondering, keeping watch.

Remember, these screams were happening feet from my bed, through paper-thin walls. Also recall that his balcony and mine are separated by a short stretch of roof, with no locks on the doors.

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