
Nancy is under observation. Not dying. Not here. I felt it first. I still do not speak it. I sit under fluorescent light missing the person who taught me why rooms matter. I felt it first. I still do not speak it. Pete’s chair has no shirt on it. Bev and Kim are both in the hall and not together. I felt it first. I still do not speak it. Jono looks for Ania. Ania is a wall. George has the mouth he had on the key. I felt it first. I still do not speak it. Paper. Hands. A PA that is not a waiting-room name and wants to be as important. I felt it first. I still do not speak it. Speaking it would spend people I will not spend.

