"Magick," She Said
Riding on public transportation can be an education all its own, especially when people talk so freely and loudly on their cell phones. Probably the most entertaining conversation I ever overheard on a Metro train was when I still lived in the Washington, DC-area. The one-sided "dialogue" went something like this:
"Well I said to her, ‘Girl are you crazy? You’re messin’ with stuff you don’t know nothin’ about. Someone could get hurt or seriously messed up in the head.’
"Right. I know.
"That’s what I told her. All this talk about magick talismans and magick amulets & charms — not to mention magick spells & rituals, it’s crazy! These thing aren’t real. But would she listen? Nuh-uh. When she get an idea in her head, ain’t nobody gonna change that girl’s mind, no way, no how.
"Mmm-hmm. You got that right. She one messed up child, that ain’t no lie."
