Johnny was my best friend forever, my bud my pal, my friend. Until he went and left me alone, all alone, that is.

Johnny, how’d you convince your family to get you out? How’d you find the money, ‘cause we’ve searched under every floorboard and in all the pockets? Tell me how come your wish came true and mine didn’t. Because we’ve wished on the same stars and the same eyelashes and prayed to the same God.

Johnny, how’d you know where you wanted to go? The globe was small, but the world is so big, Johnny, it’s so big, and how’d you pinpoint just one place and how’d you forget that I wanted to go there, too?

What did you pack your clothes in?

What clothes did you even pack?

Did you take the map where we stuck the pins?

Are you ever going to look back?

Because this is our home, Johnny, your Mama’s here and your Papa’s here and so are your sisters and your brothers and cousins and aunts and uncles and me. And how’d you forget that we’re here, we’re stranded. We’re angels without wings and you stole our halos so now we can’t even see where we are in this dark pit of damnation.