Fallout (Crank 3)

than she looks,

or she’s lived

faster

than most.

Probably the latter.

But why do I think

that? To be

honest,

I don’t know her at all.

She could be PhD

smart,

might trump Rick Denio

when it comes to being

witty.

If I dug deep enough

beneath the facade,

who

would I find? Is Corrine

standing beside me? Or

is she

really Montana?

AS I PACK UP THE VAN

I think back to when

I was a kid, trying too

hard to be “just like

everyone else,” when

I felt totally different.

Not an outcast, exactly.

Just different. I tried

so hard to look normal