
GRACE STEPHENS

Question: The Invisible Man
Answer
The Invisible Man has been a pain in the ass lately.
Especially when I open the news
Thunk
He’s probably just getting restless like the rest of us
Thunk
Worldwide Coronavirus Hotspots. Thunk
Millions of Unemployed Americans Face Disaster. Thunk
Local Mask Mandate Banned. Thunk
Can you hear the sound of his right-hooks to my heart?
Another uppercut and I fall,
K.O.’ed
in big black letters
So I stopped reading the news.
See, I was worried my heart might break loose
and fall into my stomach
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Diary Entry #23
So, it always gets so quiet on road trips. Me, my sister, and the Invisible Man all crowded into the back seat. Of course, he gets the middle seat. Then he’s too cooped up to make a fuss or be waggish (love that word.) We just sit in peace.
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The Invisible Man’s always been a little bit of a prick
I can’t hold it against him, cause I know I am one too.
We are both T.B.D.
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List of things that bore the Invisible Man <3
Warm sunlight
Westerns
My best friend
My math class
Road Trips
Rice and beans
Tea
And taro
Raining
not thundering
Stardew Valley
Not Silence of the Lambs
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I stopped reading the news because I did not want my heart
to fall into my stomach
into my stomach acid
Yes, it’s a stupid excuse
for missing a defining moment
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Does the Invisible Man even have a car?
Does he ever get the need to speed?
Just imagine
an Invisible Man in an invisible car
invisibly driving across a visible country
My own Wonder Woman
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So he’s annoyingly good at hide and seek
especially when I am around strangers
But I find it cute how he reads over my shoulder
The Invisible Man is probably the reason why I loved tragedies
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Question #89 for the Invisible Man:
Where do you go?
Grace Stephens
Grace Stephens, the prospective concertina master, is currently residing in Houston, Texas as she attends the Kinkaid School.
