Hot Summer Nights Page #7

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there was a rumor going around

that Calhoun paid

for the funeral.

And that at one point, his

eyes even watered up a little.

But nobody knows

if that's true.

I can't swear to it,

but I'd like to think

that it was in this moment

that Daniel Middleton knew

his time in this town

had finally come to an end.

And he knew

if he loved the girl,

the best thing was

to leave her be.

Some say he ended up

in Wyoming or Nevada.

In some forgotten little town

on the edge of the desert.

Others will tell you

he's in a big city somewhere.

Lost in the crowds.

Either way,

he was never seen again.

(WIND BLOWING)

(RAIN PATTERING)

(MOUTHING)

To this day,

I can't tell you why

I looked out that window.

But when I saw her

standing there,

somehow I knew neither of us

would ever be the same.

I'm the last person in town

to see her alive.

And I don't know how

I feel about that.

I really don't.

When she left town,

she killed the dreams of every

boy whoever knew who she was.

Even if they were

little dreams.

Like catching a whiff

of her perfume.

Or tasting a piece of her gum.

Or even, maybe one day, that

she would know our names.

She was last seen in a diner

outside Peoria, Illinois,

and headed west.

I wonder if she

got there okay.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(McKAYLA YELPS)

Wherever she was going.

And I wonder where she is now,

and how she's doing.

(RAIN PATTERING)

I guess I'll always wonder.

(INDIE ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

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