Glass (Crank 2)

taken me hostage.

No, I don’t want to think

such a thing

is remotely possible.

It isn’t. Is it?

So Why

Do I take a little detour,

drive up the gravel road

toward the quarry, dust

sifting over the LTD,

find a spot under a tree,

and, despite being pretty

damned buzzed already,

take another short stroll

with the grabby monster?

Something is different

this time round, some

little thing that keeps on

nagging at me. The

crystal is better, true,

so I know addiction

is even likelier than

before. That bothers

me some, yes, but like

I said, I’ve managed to

keep my use under control.

Suddenly, as I inhale

a hot, fragranced hit,

it comes to me—the

thing that’s bugging