47.

the sky opened up a little bit ago
and me here without my rain coat

48.

look and see! in the negative space
between drops of rain
the tendrils and ties
barely holding this all together

49.

this first kiss, this whisper of thick
oppressive air battering the lungs

we must settle in and seek comfort
we must find our solace

as unrelenting as a suffocation

50.

this city, like every other
is an erasure