Dove Simon, drunk enough to miss two chances to cross a minor and untrafficked road Remembers how the walk signal is controlled, arrives home having met nobody, known or unknown

And the door's heavy,
the entrance light's angry,
the stairs are impossible

So she reaches between buttons to feel her ribs
her skin rocks back and forth over them
She lies in the centre of her living room staring upwards
with everything buzzing

She decides to think one word at a time:
"IT'S A CRIME SHAME ABOUT SHAME ABOUT
NOT HAVING A WORD FOR NOT FOR
WHAT I KNOW ABOUT WHAT I..."

Any light makes the room an empty subway station.
Her fingers feel like thin wires.

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