The room was thinner than the song. I almost used a heartbeat as ink. If they break the waiting room they break Nancy. I score out the second line. I will not spend her. That is the disbelief: not that the band is fake. That I almost used a heartbeat as ink. I almost used a heartbeat as ink. Ed texts you coming home. The door is on the latch. Draught in my coat pocket as a crumb I never shook out. I almost used a heartbeat as ink. I put the page under a file. I do not send. I do not resign. I do not go to Ania’s heater. I stay in the house that taught me forms, and I hate how much I still love the forms. I almost used a heartbeat as ink. I almost used a heartbeat as ink. I almost used a heartbeat as ink. I almost used a heartbeat as ink.
