Nothing to See Here

by Kevin Wilson

the radio playing easy listening that made me want to slip into a hot bath and dream about killing everyone I knew.

From that point on, I guess I sort of realized that my imagination, which made life tolerable, needed to be kept a secret from the rest of the world. But if you keep something hidden away, all tied up, it’s hard to summon it when you really need it.

He looked like he had no idea how anything in his life had fallen out the way that it had. I felt the same way.

“Things are bad and crazy and chaotic. But you ride it out and you don’t let it hurt you, and then there’s this stretch of time that is so calm and perfect. And that’s what was always waiting for you.”