third_eye_blind
raze
i've
decided
to
be
russian
for
a
while
.
i
can't
speak
or
understand
the
language
.
he
doesn't
know
that
.
i
have
a
key
that
lets
me
into
a
house
that
belongs
to
the
woman
he
thinks
of
as
a
thing
that's
his
.
when
he
gets
home
,
i
make
the
back
door
my
best
friend
and
get
the
hell
out
of
there
as
fast
as
i
can
without
calling
attention
to
myself
.
he
sniffs
me
out
from
twenty
feet
away
. asks
if
i've
been
here
before
.
that's
when
i
hit
him
with
the
east
slavic-sounding gibberish.
his
face
softens.
he
buys
it
,
but
he
doesn't
want
me
coming
around
. "
stay
out
of
my
house
,"
he
says
.
i
drop
the
act
and
tell
him
this
house
isn't
his
.
just
like
the
person
who
pays
the
bills
isn't
his
either
.
that
gets
him
off
the
porch
and
ready
to
beat
me
to
a
pulp
.
i
pull
out
a
gun
.
point
it
at
the
place
his
third
eye
would
be
. "
if
you
ever
touch
her
or
the
kids
again
,"
i
scream
, "
i_swear_to_god
."
i
wake
up
before
i
can
finish
the
sentence
,
knowing
god
is
as
indifferent
to
my
threats
as
every
other
thought
that
moves
through
me
.
240913
what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from