The Criminal

allison singer

Like stones, he said
He said, like stones
From stone to stone he said you go
You go and go from stone to stone
He said and said, like stones.

She heard him say and understood
She understood
He said and said
Her head like stones, head like stones
He said, you
Go, like
Stones.

I will, she thought
I can’t, she cried
You will, he said
He thought, you won’t

Dropped like stones, skipped like
Stones
He said and said
She cried

He said crying never solved any of life’s problems.

She
slipped
and
fell in