A HEART OF MARBLE AND SEVEN IRON DAGGERS

HER HANDS IN HER LAP, HER EYES STILL CLOSED

SHE HAD A DREAM ABOUT THE CELEBRATION BEING OVER AND INDEED THE NEXT MORNING SHE HAD TO LEAVE

SHE FELL ASLEEP ON THE BUS WITH HER HEAD AGAINST THE WINDOW PANE

A FINGER HAD TO BE BITTEN AGAIN

FROM RUINS TO ROOFTOPS IN FOUR YEARS

SHE PASSED A DOG BARKING FROM BEHIND A FENCE

GLOWING, SPINNING CIRCLES OF LIGHT

EVEN THE SUN SHINES IN A DIFFERENT WAY

SHE HAS SEEN FACES TRANSFORM

INTERNAL ETERNAL

WORDS STRONGER THAN THE PEOPLE SPEAKING THEM

WHENEVER SOMETHING ENDED SHE ALWAYS WISHED YOUTH WASN'T WORTH SO MUCH

TRYING TO UNDERSTAND A SMILE

MUSIC BEING STOPPED, MASKS BEING REMOVED

WHAT IS THAT

WHEN PEOPLE SUGGEST THAT SHE SHOULD GET A PET

SHE WATCHED A TV SHOW ABOUT DREAM ENHANCEMENT

SHE COULDN'T HELP OTHER PEOPLE'S TIREDNESS GETTING HER DOWN TOO

SHE DIDN'T LIKE TO BE AWARE OF WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN

SITTING WITH HER BARE ANKLES AND FEET HIDDEN UNDERNEATH HER SKIRT

MAKESHIFT SPORTS NEWS BULLETIN

SHE CONSTANTLY HAD TO DEFEND THAT COMMON LANGUAGE

EVERYBODY EVERYBODY EVERYBODY EVERYBODY EVERYBODY

NO TENDERNESS, NO TEARS, NO TURNING BACK, NO TIME TO LOSE