Flight Risk
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1 min readDec 13, 2017
He said those words –
the ones my ears had been
pricking for all along.
He had not even fully
exhaled after Not. Compatible.
but I’d already started
running
afraid to hear any
further syllable.
I covered my ears and ran
for years.
Only now, five years later
have I slowed to a stop
to look over my shoulder
in case
he might be following
to deliver the rest of
a final sentence.