Fallout (Crank 3)

still to mess with my mind by moving

my shoes farther apart

or puttingmycombinsidemybrush

or arranging a can of

yams

in front

of the

applesauce.

She says I should lighten up, quit

beating myself up mentally. I know

she only wants what’s best for me,

but sometimes she makes me mad.

If it were easy to throw

my

clothes

into

a heap

on the floor,

of course I’d rather do that than

spend hours

folding them

precisely

right. Right?

I AM IN THE DEN

Arranging Grandfather’s

eclectic collection of

paperbacks alphabetically

by author—Graham, Billy;

Grey, Zane; Grisham, John—

when the telephone rings.