tap me and listen for the echo.
a jostled shoulder before this,
did you hear the big bang?
I don't suppose in the grand design
that it was as big as the first,
but it deafened my insides.
if you listen hard
(and here I am a coward,
earplugs like shields)
can you hear?
my arteries are a web of whispers.
please try to keep the noise down.