psychic
raze
they're
saying
this
woman
is
a
psychic.
or
a
medium
.
or
whatever
you
call
those
people
who
claim
they
can
commune
with
the
dead
.
she's
new
in
town
.
supposed
to
be
helping
the
cops
solve
crimes
.
no
one
knows
what
to
make
of
her
.
she
looks
like
she
just
got
out
of
high_school
.
she
looks
nervous
.
she
looks
like
your
surrogate
sister
in
a
dream
of
a
life
you
never
had
.
she
stands
in
the
shade
of
a
gazebo
with
a
concrete
floor
.
a
deaf
girl
plays
an
invisible
violin
for
a
small
audience
.
her
mother
at
her
side
.
no
joy
in
it
.
the
seer stands
and
wrestles
with
the
same
unwieldy
instrument
.
she
breaks
a
string
and
drops
her
hands
.
dances
to
music
no
one
else
can
hear
.
just
wait
,
she
says
.
she
turns
to
the
girl
and
signs
the
words
so
she'll
understand
.
the
girl
looks
at
her
like
she's
crazy
.
then
she
smiles
.
the
rhythm
seeps
into
her
like
rain
.
she
starts
dancing
too
.
this
is
what
you
do
when
your
demons
won't
be
reasoned
with
.
you
shake
your
shit
and
make
them
watch
.
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from