IRONMONGERY

SHE'S NOT HUNGRY WHEN IT'S TIME TO EAT, SHE'S NOT TIRED WHEN IT'S TIME TO SLEEP

SHE JUST WANTED TO CHECK IF THE SKY WAS STILL THERE

NOW THAT FOR HER THE FUTURE IS ALREADY PAST

THE CANDLE IN HER HAND IS BURNING OUT

WHAT REMINDED HER SOMEWHAT OF THE TASTE OF SEAWATER

SHE AND SAID ARE ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE CURTAIN

SHE IS NOT SCARED

HER FEET SOMEHOW FELT HEAVIER

SURPRISED BY THE SUDDEN SILENCE

AT FIRST SHE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE TO ASK SAID ABOUT SENSACUOR

GETTING HURT ONLY TAKES A MOMENT, HEALING IS SO SLOW IT'S UNNOTICEABLE

SCOOTERS, HOLIDAYS, AUTUMN

STARING INTO THE COLD AND SLOW LIGHT

AND ALTHOUGH SHE KNEW SAID WOULD PROBABLY BE WRONG

IT WILL BE LIKE THE FIRST TIME SHE SAW SAID SLEEP

WHAT SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO ASK AND SAID DIDN'T HAVE TO TELL

SHE TOOK THE HEADPHONES OFF, BUT COULDN'T HELP CONTINUING TO SING

THE FIRST THING SHE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT MORNING

LIKE A FLOWER BLOSSOMING AT NIGHT

PEOPLE ARRIVE, A TRAIN ARRIVES, THE PEOPLE GET ON THE TRAIN, THE TRAIN LEAVES, SHE REMAINS THERE STANDING ALONE ON THE PLATFORM

AND THEN SHE AND SAID WOULD DANCE AND EVERYBODY ELSE WOULD KNOW THE STEPS AS WELL

BEING SCARED AS SHE WAS ON THE FERRIS WHEEL

SHE'S NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHERE THAT BONE IS

SHE WANTED TO GET LOST AND SHE WANTED SAID TO FIND HER

SHE HOPED THAT THE DAY WOULD END SOON