Let evening come

hand in hand

with the shadow

of sound, the push

gentle into dark,

where terror’s

eyes are closed

until they’re open

& engaged

with the snap/cut

crackle of a bolt

in your spine. If

you wake up

& are motionless,

the loud sound

of danger has you

already, has you

vulnerable

& grasping

for a sound smaller

than any sound.