Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions (Wicked Lovely 5.50)

pre-cry

symptoms.

Mickey’s hands come up,

as if to grasp her shoulders.

“Oh God, I’m sorry.

I was looking at you,

but I swear I was talking to him.

You were just—”

She slaps him,

hard enough

to knock the self-righteous mask

clean off his face.

“Logan’s right,” she hisses.

“You are a douche.”

Jim Morrison died in the bathtub.

They buried him in Paris,

but some people think he’s still alive,

just like Elvis.

That he’d had enough

of this bogus life

and decided to get

a brand-new one.

My brother and I

catch up to Krista near the

entrance to the Jolly Roger Amusement Park.

She’s wiping away the tears

with her fists,

as if she can pummel her sadness

into submission.

“I’m sorry,” Mickey says