You yell beneath the floorboards. Pounding fists, cracked promises lie in Casual bricks dropping like tears that Never mattered.
You cry beneath the floorboards Of little red schoolhouses, tired tire marks that show Theyβre not coming back and Youβre not going home.
You riot beneath the floorboards! You shout and scream and rant but they Cannot hear you anymore. The stores are closing like a trap door.
You die beneath the floorboards A death that was not peaceful but panicked Like an elevator that has stopped moving Briefly and indefinitely, you are gone.
Now we crawl beneath the floorboards Searching for pieces of you like receipts Stashed away in a pocket of an old coat. You remind us of whispers and walruses and things.
And someday when we find ourselves, fierce And fleeting, underneath the floorboards, You will remind us of our fading voices forever Silenced, but never ignored.