Crank (Crank 1)

is it gives you a whole lot of

unavoidable time to

think.

Not even pulling weeds can

take away your ability to

plot

all the varied and wonderful

things you might do to

get even,

or at least to make up

just a smidgen

for time lost

to TV and yard work

and house cleaning.

Time better spent

camping with old friends

(even slightly annoying ones),

partying

with great-looking new friends,

and expending a few brain cells

with the monster.

She Cut Me Loose

Two weeks before

Back-to-School,

gave me her credit

Didn’t matter much.

card and a ride to

Summer had dissolved.

the mall, her way of

New clothes and a few