The tornado was close
It was coming straight for our farm house
It sounded like ten locomotives coming up the driveway
Klaus suddenly appeared beside me
He was dressed in his Hawk suit
Especially designed for a day like this
Klaus had been working on it for months
‘We should get to the basement now Klaus’ I said
Klaus just smiled and opened the front door
He was sucked up into the darkness before I could blink
We never saw Klaus again
I found his feathered Hawk shoe about a year later by the old well
I picked it up
And I started laughing
A deep hardy laugh
Like a bear would laugh if some other bear told him a good joke about a dear or something
When I finished laughing
I got up
I pictured Klaus in the stupid Hawk Suit
Spinning around the in wind
And wondered why I ever even thought of Klaus as a friend at all

I wrote her a love letter
It was beautiful
It took me weeks to finish
I thought she would love it
Even the parts
Where I smashed up Kendrick, her boyfriend
I made all those parts rhythm
There are only so many words that rhyme with stab and gouge
But I think I used them all
I used a lot imagery in the poem
Cause I couldn’t just say I wanted to have sex with her
So I talked about trains and tunnels and badgers scampering in and out of their nests
I think she’ll get it
And not be afraid
I hope she doesn’t show it to Kendrick
(Can he even read?)
If she reads it to him
He’ll kill me
Especially if she reads the part
About what I’d do if she let me hold a pair of her underwear
Tomorrow in first period I’ll see her
I wouldn’t be surprised if she comes right up and kisses me
And we’ll be together forever
And we’ll ride away after school
On Boomerang, her blue metallic colored unicorn
And I’ll be wearing her underwear as a bandanna as we fly away
Just like it said in the poem