Saturday, June 24, 2023

the smoke alarm

the alarm
is not so alarming anymore.
the smoke
from
the stove
sets it off with the merest
waft of steam
from a boiled egg.
it's very sensitive, like she is.
easy
to yell
and scream,
blare at the smallest of
injury.
intentional, or otherwise.
a perpetual
victim.

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