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Noosed

Kyrsten Bean

I remember tan cargo pants, chicken feet & dumplings in soup
marginal words stolen from the dictionary when I was
supposed to be studying.

Don’t make eye contact, don’t smile.

Meanwhile, back in the hospital, she hung her bed sheet on the door.

I remember she drew mushrooms & rainbows
patted my hand when I whined. We fought over card games.
I wanted to punch her in her smug face
when she grabbed the last bag of Cheetos.

I had punched a hole in the wall, once. And when the staff asked who had done it,
she claimed it for me. She gave me her red West County Times T-shirt.

The door was six feet high. When she picked up her feet–after
she tied the knot, as her face went red–what kept her from
letting them down?

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