The body falls again as you try to hold it up
\nYou put your ears to the chest and when you hear nothing,
\nI see it-
\nThe slow way your face scrunches in pain
\nThen the tears roll down your face.<\/p>\n
We both saw the man walk like he was running away from something, someone
\nHe bumped into you and your cup emptied its content on your shirt
\nYou’d loved the colour mix of the shirt, but now you may never retrieve it
\nThe beer has mixed with his blood<\/p>\n
The man walked away after murmuring something, maybe an apology
\nYou go after him and Even if I’m outside, I hear your screams at the other side of the bathroom wall<\/p>\n
You rush to the body when the gun goes off quietly
\nYou hug it and save the head from landing with a thud<\/p>\n
I want to ask if you know him, you are screaming, not the same way you screamed after the beer poured on you
\nYou are screaming because that is how you are, you feel everyone’s pain
\nThe body falls again and this time you take your hands to your head and walk towards me<\/p>\n
“What have you done?”
\nThis is not the first time but you ask me like you do not know I hate when anyone vexes you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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