It’s two versions to the story
In mine a bone poke through chipped bars
The witch sighed, “You not growin’ very large”
“How do you energize people, give them some sense of community? … [By] all activities that aren’t necessarily illegal, but provoke us and tap our need for strong emotion, quicken the nervous system and jump the synapses deadened by leisure and inaction.”
J. G. Ballard | Cocaine Nights