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Kiernan Norman
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17h
Not Knock
I knew you were there —
knuckles resting like they didn’t know what to do.
I heard your breath through the wood.
You almost knocked. I felt it —
the air pulling back,
the hush flexing its muscles.
I almost opened the door. I felt that too —
the lock daring me to turn it,
the weight of the air leaning hard against my chest.
But neither of us moved.
We just stood there —
two statues pretending not to be waiting —
except I heard you breathing.
And I know you heard me too.
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