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When she will sing, people will feel uncomfortable. The voice will never match
the body. Though it will be beautiful, it will cause the audience to shift in their
seats.
She will finish high school, and will not go to college. She will wait
tables at night to help feed the family. She will sing in bars for petty cash. She
will be beautiful, and somewhat terrifying. She will color her hair black and her
nails red. Angela will have boyfriends who adore her, but cannot name why. It
has something to do with her eyes and her voice. She will know why they real­
ly adore her. She will marry the man who impregnates her. She will have sung
lullabies to her brother, fifteen years younger than she is. She will not have time
to sing to her son.
She will remember the songs her aunt used to sing. She will not
remember her aunt. When she closes her eyes, she will remember the house she
grew up in. She will remember a tire swing, and "Dream A Little Dream." She
will call her mother one day, and ask her where she learned the songs. Her
mother will lie, and tell her it was the wind. It was the wind who would sing to
you. She would sing softly to you when she put you to bed.
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