greys wrapped in toils, wrapped in foils, clumsily toppled into a rubble,
to fumble,
into conversation;
clues kissed by ears
hints missed by fears,

speakers overlapping speaking -
footsteps and shuffling,
laughter and movement,
giggles and whispers,
whispers whispering whispers

crowded hallways,
crowded rooms,
arms folded into halves
body busy, body unlistening; crouched and close,
taking too much room for what thoughts and will scream;
because in a moment you feel;
nobody, nothing, nobody, and nothing.

senses to swallow
secluded in a second of noise, suffocation, static;
feet glued to the floor,
everything is at every decibel and
to be heard is only a thousand silences