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placed.
ring-marked to the right.
water-wept and stained.
she stands.
(pin-dropped)
and unfamiliar.
outside
(unspoken-unread)
massages slowly,
her left hand.
eyes fixed-
brush crumbs from breast.
(she cannot name it)
and looks as cars pass
to signify an answer.
one follows
quick.
to her inner ear,
a source of her latent apprehension.
(rock to a window).
but she cannot hear.
stands idly by,
transfixed to
the hum of the running hose.
(unfolded eyes glance out)
she hopes,
like the dawn
birthed soon, and expected.
but now
shift-footed
and cold
she waits.
the dark blue
of morning
holds her.