fifteen june 2009
three : forty-four p.m.

the screamingslammingsobbing has finally stopped, and he is gone for good. it's quiet, living alone.

and you. and everyone watching. and everyone assuming. warnings (stay away) and head shaking.

i think that maybe why i needed you so badly is to help me rattle everything to its very core. turn the world upside down. you are dangerous, forbidden, young, confident, illegal, "a wild thing," she says.

and i am ready.