Hitchhikers
“There are lots of beams overhead, and I’ve found a rope.
With more energy than I’ve had in weeks, I throw the rope up and over, secure a knot that will hold my weight.
Through the soaped over windows, light gleams, a milky twilight. When I was in grade school, one of my classmates showed us how to tie a hangman’s knot. “You have to wrap the rope around thirteen times,” he said. In a corner of the playground we watched him wrap the rope around and around, mesmerized by the repetitive action.
aro...und and around and around There is a rickety chair in this abandoned warehouse. I drag it through the dust on the floor and step onto the seat. Slowly, to keep my balance, I stand up straight and hold the noose out in front of my face.
Through the loop Lila sits, watching me with sad eyes. I see her, and I see my father, and my uncles, and a small child, and hundreds of other who are shades, waiting for me on the other side.
“I have to,” I tell her.
Her eyes accuse me.
“You’ll be fine on your own.MoreLess
With more energy than I’ve had in weeks, I throw the rope up and over, secure a knot that will hold my weight.
Through the soaped over windows, light gleams, a milky twilight. When I was in grade school, one of my classmates showed us how to tie a hangman’s knot. “You have to wrap the rope around thirteen times,” he said. In a corner of the playground we watched him wrap the rope around and around, mesmerized by the repetitive action.
aro...und and around and around There is a rickety chair in this abandoned warehouse. I drag it through the dust on the floor and step onto the seat. Slowly, to keep my balance, I stand up straight and hold the noose out in front of my face.
Through the loop Lila sits, watching me with sad eyes. I see her, and I see my father, and my uncles, and a small child, and hundreds of other who are shades, waiting for me on the other side.
“I have to,” I tell her.
Her eyes accuse me.
“You’ll be fine on your own.MoreLess
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