Page 209 of Crank (Crank 1)

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I could go, inviting him inside.

He crawled right in, filled me

with love so close to perfect,

I asked him to pick me up,

carry me off into his bed.

He did.

Chase Wagner,

the most beautiful man

in the whole wide world

(despite what the rest of the world

could see),

showed me exactly how

making love should be.

I Was Aglow

at the first knock.

Soon the house filled

with friends,

with acquaintances,

with complete strangers.

I wanted to get to know

each and every one.

I wanted them all to know

everything about me:

my intellect,

my beauty,

my righteousness.

Maybe you have to have been

there (or to a rave) to relate.

I had accessed my innermost

recesses. I needed

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