It's from Drugstore Cowboy, okay?

This is the piece I submitted to Reading Frenzy's Valentine's Day Invitational, which is up at the shop through February. I was about three-quarters of the way through before I realized, "Huh, it's not exactly a valentine, is it?" But Chloe, Reading Frenzy's proprietress, e-mailed me this morning to say that she'd claimed it, so I'm happy it has a good home with a fellow appreciator of the morose dialogue stylings of Kelly Lynch.

Also, working on this piece was a reminded of how nice it can be to have deadlines.