Fallout (Crank 3)

Here comes the denial.

Her shoulders go stiff and

her head starts twisting

side to side. But she doesn’t

dare let her eyes meet mine.

What are you talking about?

“Hey, no prob. I’m not a spy,

and it’s all your life anyway.

I’m just saying you might

as well be wearing a sign

that says ‘I Like Ice.’ If

I were you, I’d skip dinner.”

I turn, start for the door,

and Erica’s voice stops me.

It’s just so hard to feel good,

you know? I do know. And

more than that, it’s just

so incredibly hard to feel.

MAYBE THAT’S WHY

I have also felt the gnawing desire to try

crystal, despite knowing what it did

to

Barely There Dad

to

Rarely Here Mom.

Maybe they were just trying to feel

something too. Something besides

heat

for each other

hate