White noise echoed
The rattle and hiss
Of respiratory
Machinery
On the white walls of this cell.

Together,
We watched light fracture
In bags of chemical sustenance:
Antiseptic rainbows
Dripping from the ceiling
To your arm.

Around midnight,
I held your fragile breath
Cupped in my hand
Until the radio’s heartbeat
Stopped.

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