Blue Jeans: In the ER

Blue Jeans

crumpled on the floor in a

plastic bag reek of dirt and

sweat. A brown belt looped

around their neck.

Sitting back in the quiet of this

madness they wait to be

recovered. She's called twice to say

she'll be in to pick them up.

He searches for his

glasses on the bedroom floor, the broken

light fixture overhead pitching

an electronic scream.

He misses his

blue jeans.