It's Gonna Be A Great Show! (4)

Tim Spelling, lead guitar for Broken Mind, stands in the day room watching the cleaning crew. His hair is a riot of short white and purple spikes. He idly fingers a small silver charm hanging from his belt. It’s a bible. He turns brown, almond shaped eyes to me.

“In Japan, we could never do this. Bad karma or feng shui, some shit like that. Thank you.”

He hands me a bouquet of flowers wrapped in white tissue paper, kisses my cheek, and heads out.

Several petals fall from a single red rose. Emily.

The others don’t like him…he knows.