wilson moved his family out the city where times are tough life is fast and hard and gritty moved out to the country where the air is clean and pure enrolled his kids in the community college to gain some working knowledge grow up get married and settle down to the american dream on the edge of town the dream became a nightmare when three escaped convicts broke into his world took the life of his youngest girl in the space of a breath there was sudden death like a soul had slipped and fallen through a crack in the universe a crack in the universe ellen was a nice girl raised in queens looking good in designer jeans she met up with some politicos on the lower east side joined a gang of radicals french fried fanaticals who thought theyd be revolutionary stars go and rob an armored car but man it turned out different in a shootout with the police that left three people dead on the news they said ellen took a slug in the head the new york post had a photo up close might a been a body might a been a ghost from a crack in the universe crack in the universe lord lord its not a blessing and it might be a curse crack in the universe on tuesday i went to the post office pick up a package and mail a letter drop a line to an old friend that i hoped was doing better the place was the scene of some kind of horrible crime another postal worker had lost his mind couldn t stand the tension lost his pension afraid of growing old out in the cold no one to hold as he did his stalking that glock did his talking yeah he settled the score up and down the floor swat team sniper caught him at the door the mailman put in a fresh clip turned and slipped through a crack in the universe a crack in the universe lord lord its not a blessing and it might be a curse a crack in the universe a crack in the universe a crack