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War zone (Other) by INTRANSIT
I could smell the mild odor of burned hair as I slowly
pushed open the bathroom door. I thought I was a police
detective as I took note of the aftermath of teenage girls.
Six empty cans of hairspray strewn across the floor like
spent casings from a drive by. Clumps of hair draped
around the bathtub plug as if they had been ripped whole
from someones' head. One lace style high heel lay direct-
ly beneath the wide open window. Droplets of blood on the toilet seat
like a murderers calling card. Even the sink itself had been involved in
the massacre. On the back was
the curling iron, still on, heating a quickly drying washcloth. On the
front edge, the powdered remains of
blush, the broken compact lay directly below; a junkies last hit. A
lidless tube of eyeliner in the bottom of
the sink bleeding down the drain, trying to die. And a
fuchsia lipstick message scrawled across the mirror:
"Stop using my makeup!!! BITCH!"
This scared me. I walked back upstairs to the bedroom.
Donna was sitting up reading and I paused just long enough
before climbing into bed for her to look at me over her
glasses and say: "Don't even think about saying that, Gary".
It was just as well I didn't. Whatever she would have said
would only confirm my worst fears.
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