Ian Willey

Double Feature

We were watching a Julia Roberts
movie, a long one where the guy
dies at the end, and when we left
the theater there was my car alone
at the end of the parking lot, lights
blazing like the eyes of an animal
on the edge of the woods and of
course the battery was dead and
it was below zero and we hadn’t
worn coats and all we could do
was stay in the back with nearly
200 degrees between us and wait
for my Dad to come with the cables
and I figured I’d be lectured but
he didn’t say a word, thinking
maybe I’d learned my lesson.


Ian Willey has no problem speaking about himself in the third person since he’s as puzzled by his behavior as everyone else.