Crank - 01 by Ellen Hopkins

Author:Ellen Hopkins [Hopkins, Ellen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Published: 2008-06-20T04:00:00+00:00

How can I explain the pure chilling rush of

waiting to do something so basically not right?

No fear. No guilt.

How can I explain purposely setting foot on

a path so blatantly treacherous? Was the

fun in the fall?

I Hoped Not

As I softly opened my second-floor window,

peered down at the cement walk below, took a deep breath.

Fingers clutching the upper sill, toes stretching

for the first-floor trim, I managed to touch down

safely. It may have been the safest moment

of the night, in fact. Gulped into darkness,

I let my eyes adjust, felt the breeze lift

goosebumps, listened for signs of household disturbance.

No motion. No sudden snitch of a light switch.

No sound but distant coyote song, I silenced

my conscience, quieted my screaming nerves

and slipped away unnoticed, for the moment.

No streetlights, no headlights, the world

seemed to sleep beneath my feet as I ran,

a mustang over moonlit playa; a cheetah

in high gear. No fear, no brakes, consumed

by some irrational itch to cruise along

shadowy thoroughfares, traveled by demons.

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