When the tiredness came sad eyes regarded it as nothing new in hindsight she’d always made space for it, an unconscious pet bed
the lack of shock as it crept to her was almost nice fingers on imagined fur she felt her edges numb retract from the screech of daily headlines and dumb fingered scrolling that sparked electrocutions
pacing in slow circles around the blue pulse of her core it settled unrequested and pretended a defence while forever she reached for rest