[Doc Faustus]

Van Morrison, Into the Mystic- It's right out of some piece of shit Sundance Channel movie. It's three days til graduation. My best buddy and I have just stayed at Denny's til 1 am talking with friends. We're scared to death about the future and this song kicks on. He coasts along, but then swerves the car to avoid hitting something blurry. A coyote's just crossed our path. He asks "what does a coyote mean?" because I've always been the one who reads dreams and omens. I tell him "don't get fooled. Don't stray." He stays and smokes an eighth a day. I go off to school. We end up never talking again because there doesn't look like there's anybody underneath the fog of pot smoke. I miss him every time I hear that song. I can't help but think of high school and coyotes.