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Submitted to Contest #319
I start the shower with a lie that passes for kindness: ten seconds of soft start before the temperature climbs. The pipes loosen when I do this. So does the body I keep. Steam tries to arrange itself into courage on my glass.No thoughts before breakfast.I lower the fridge hum by two decibels so the room stops buzzing like a wire against teeth. I gag the phone’s small emergencies if they arrive with exclamation points. The mirror fogs enough to attempt a message.. ‘We are not safe just because it’s quiet.’ and I clear my throat through the f...
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