You arrived here without remembering.

The mouths were already speaking.

They had been speaking for some time.

gabs·reviews
scroll · into the corridor

the crusts were laughable, but the room was warm

— overheard, a bakery on the third street

I stood under the awning and counted the rain

— overheard, the storm of last tuesday

her coat smelled like a rumor about a wedding

— overheard, the seven o'clock train

the seventh stop is silent & that is its review

— overheard, an unfinished sentence

a tasting of categories

drag · breathe · uncurl

recent gabs

no names · no dates · no ratings

...the croissants quietly judged each other...

...a coat made entirely of rumors of a wedding...

...the awning hummed in C minor for twelve seconds...

...do not return to that bookshop, it eats vowels...

...the eclipse paused for someone tying a shoelace...

...subway stop forty-two never opens its mouth...

...the bookshop cat reviewed me, three breaths of indifference...

...her voicemail was a long vowel that meant goodbye...

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five-act dream-arc · concluded · the building exhales