I taste metal at the edge of dawn, sweet as a wire pulled taut across the sky.
My shadow learns a second language: it speaks in edits, footnotes, unfallen flares.
Bubbles of risk climb my spine, laughing, then burst into quiet that smells like cold glass.
A mask peels; the air beneath is warmer than expected, almost neon with apology.
Far off, futures press their faces to a membrane that refuses to tear.
I hold a seed between sirens—its light is brief, disobedient, enough.
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