Press your hands against the wall
Feel the heat permeating through the plaster
to your nimble fingers.
Pretend it's just the feeling of
warm, clean clothes after you've ironed them.
Take a breath
Feel your lungs turning black
with each breath you take.
Pretend it's just the feeling
you had when you smoked your first cigarette.
Hold your breath
Feel your heart slowing with
each second that goes by without oxygen.
Pretend you're just a kid again
trying to get your hiccups to go away.
Watch your possessions
Feel a lump in your throat as
each object is absorbed by a mass of orange flames.
Pretend you're four again playing with that doll
whose porcelain you can still feel under your innocent hands.
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