“ Music was becoming so important. What is it about a song playing in a dark room? Why are some songs so perfect in a way that never happens again? What is it about music and being older than 12, but younger than 20? Did the same thing happen to Ev? I don’t know because by the time she turned 13, we were ghosts to each other. I never knew her songs and she never knew mine…I know numbers can go on forever, I know Ev is in her 40’s now. I know about the differences between the basement and the roof of the school. What’s infinity minus 13? Minus 11? What’s infinity minus all the songs in the world? The ones you listened to. The ones she listened to. The ones you sang together that day. Do you believe in magic? Yes or no? On the roof of the school, “Forever, best friends forever,” seemed so obvious. What force in the universe could ever break us up? We knew nothing about negative numbers.
Today’s Demon: Magic by Lynda Barry
please illuminate me, I swear I'm here.
Warwick, RI. West Haven, CT.
Music Industry at University of New Haven.
