Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions (Wicked Lovely 5.50)

Before we were

the Keeley Brothers

with a capital B?

Maybe when he was George Clooney

and I was Brad Pitt.

“So what do you want?”

I realize Krista’s talking to me.

“Huh?”

“What do you want?” she repeats.

“You brought us together

so you could talk to him.

What do you want him to know?”

Mickey braces himself,

hands squeezing his knees,

eyelids squeezing each other,

like he’s about to be sprayed

with poison.

After 233 days,

I have no eloquent speech,

no moving lyrics.

“Besides being alive again,

I want . . . more than anything . . .”

I wait while she translates,

then continue,

so she won’t have to stop

through this next part.

“I want you to know

that I love you, dude.

And no matter what you think,

it wasn’t your fault.