Fallout (Crank 3)

a couple of feet apart,

as if they want nothing

to do with each other.

And I remember. “So,

are your parents back

together?” I know her

answer before she says,

Not really. He claims

he wants to come home,

but he still wants to work

with … with her.

His boss. And maybe

the woman he loves

more than he loves

his wife and daughter.

There’s a big alumni

party today. They only

came together to keep up

appearances. She starts

to tear up again, and

I pull her into my arms.

Kiss her forehead softly.

“It will all work out. I promise.”

WHY DO I PROMISE

Shit like that?

Then again, it

will

all work out.

Just not necessarily

the way she wants