bangers ball

2:00
neda is beating her head against a wall

2:01
michael has a slight flush in his face and downcast eyes.

2:02
neda has no flush, her eyes too are downcast
her forehead raw

2:03
neda's forehead blood is on michael's hands.

2:03
neda's heart fluttered at the thought

2:04
michael washes his hands not unlike lady macbeth, obsessively, tirelessly, muttering.

2:05
and neda begins to smile
distracted, the banging stops

2:06
michael's mission is accomplished: get neda, by any means necessary, to stop banging her head.
neda is too old to listen to metal, anyway.

2:06
thank you
for making me smile again

2:06
think nothing of it.

a million miles

words
take.

a glance back
and i knew the moment was gone

another drop
in the ocean

another breath
on the sand

and i linger

wonder

feeling

the weight lifted
as another
returned

lay
lady
lay

give
silence.