Just before the accident I felt something break. The wheel spun away. I came to in a lake. The sky did not look right to me, the moon was upside down. Schools of shiny fish played hide-and-seek in the clouds. The water was cold, and I started to tremble. I hadn’t felt so lonesome in as long as I remember.

Let go — it’s okay. Heavy heart, Moonlight Lake. Let go — it’s okay. I forgive you.

I remember feeling like my life had been worthless. I dimly saw your pretty face above the shimmering surface. Were you crying? Girl, I’m sorry. You know I couldn’t stop. Add it to the list of all the virtuous things I’m not. Bye bye bye, it’s my turn to cry. I’ll never get a chance to set this right before I die.

Let go — it’s okay. Heavy heart, Moonlight Lake. Let go — it’s okay. I forgive you.

Glug, glug, glug, glug, glug, glug, glug, all the way down.

I sank quickly to the bottom of the watery sky. The mud sucked me under and I thought I had died. The fishes swam away, and I bounced off the wall. Sprawled out flat on my face, passed out cold in the hall. Did you carry me to bed? I didn’t mean to put you through it. The water wasn’t water it was whiskey and I knew it.

Let go — it’s okay. Heavy heart, Moonlight Lake. Let go — it’s okay. I forgive you.