injury
raze before the soft landing,
past hurts flash before my eyes,
as if by reliving them
i could catch myself
and step into silence
one blink at a time.
but even the fluttering
of those small shutters
makes a sound.
i have heard the hiss
of horizontal slats
opened and closed
a tremor loud enough
to wake the dead.
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