Maggie; Or, a Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar

by Katie Yee

She speaks in a low, lulling voice that rivals that of Delilah on 106.7 Lite FM.

So much about the way kids think is based around the idea that you can divine the future just by thinking about it in precisely the right way: if you hope enough, if you behave, if you are good, if you don’t step on any cracks.