woman:
i don't know you anymore. slowly you have bettered and replaced yourself and i am here, left to wallow and gnash my teeth.

lover:
i leave myself facedown in the river, slumped behind the curtain that obscured me from your quiet understanding. cloister yourself from me.

father:
anger does not become me but i am the only one left to bear it. the vigil being kept in my chest cavity burns slowly, noxious gases escaping my mouth.