Fallout (Crank 3)

Turned out she was in the ER.

She claimed it was food poisoning.

Poor little Donald hadn’t had

a bite to eat all day except for a candy

cane a sympathetic nurse gave him.

You’d think a nurse would know better.

I didn’t understand until I watched

him bounce off the walls all night.

Kristina came over the next

morning. Spent Christmas Day, and

I mean all day, on her cell phone,

talking to Ron, who was already out of jail.

Mom stewed big-time. She’s using

again. Six years clean for what?

I overheard her tell Dad. I thought

she was wrong. Turned out she was spot

on. The ER visit was bad dope.

And Kristina was pregnant with David.

MOM WAS ANGRIER THEN

Is anger something

you can outgrow?

Can anyone do it

with practice? Dad Maybe it’s a gender

has never quite thing. I think I take

mastered the talent. after Dad, carrying

anger like he does,

tight in my muscles,

unable to quite let go.

I don’t feel like I’m

mad most of the time,