Stanzas: Monthly Chapbooks October 2014: Halloween | Page 21

was her fourth venture to the past, her fourth attempt to undo
what was done. Perhaps this time he wouldn’t jump, perhaps this
time the car would swerve, perhaps this time the medicine would
work.
It had better, she thought, as the contents worked their way
through her system and the world turned to dust, for she had
only six such lives left to live, but her love was boundless.
Please, she thought as she left her mortal coil for other realms,
let it work this time.
And from the Great Beyond she heard Old Gobber laugh and
dribble into his cup.

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