Language pressed to the edge of itself until something gives.
A catalog of losses no one eulogizes. The sock without a match. The word you almost said.
Here is where the fear lives. Here is where it branched.
Step one: remember you are wearing it.
For once nothing falls out. For once I keep everything.
Low pressure. Probability of thunder. Pack an umbrella.
The organs were unremarkable. The cause of death: expectation.