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There was a list in his head, a list that kept scrolling and scrolling Words and phrases One after another Each representing a thing he should be doing

Zekes Caine and the power plant Little Pete and his monsters Food Zil and Hunter Lana and…whatever Water Jack Albert

Those were the headlines Buzzing around those great big things were thousands of ss and cats Broken s Grass Gasoline that needed to be rationed Trash piling up Toilets plugged Teeth needing to be brushed Kids drinking Bedtiarettes and pot

Things to do Decisions to make

No one listening

And what about Astrid?

And what about Quinn?

And what about kids talkingOne-Five rolled around?

And around and around and around it whirled through his head

He sat in the dark on the end of his bed He wanted to cry That’s what he wanted to do But there wouldn’t be anyone to co would be okay

There was no one And things wouldn’t be okay

It was all co apart

He i at him Accusations You let theainst freaks

Tell us about the death of EZ, Mr Temple

Tell us what you did to save the kids at the power plant