Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions (Wicked Lovely 5.50)

that when he turns

to look straight at me,

not through me,

there’s a dent

in his skin.

“Thank you.”

And then.

(Uh-oh.)

He starts to cry.

I haven’t seen this

since the night I died.

I don’t know what to do.

But Krista does.

She kneels before him

and takes the guitar from his lap.

He sinks forward

into her arms,

adding his tears

to the water from her hair

speckling her new shirt.

They cry together

for their

loved,

lost,

dumb

brothers.

Kurt Cobain

didn’t die in the bathroom,

because he died on purpose.

Anyone with a plan