Dissonance
The cacophony that night was so intense I went for a walk.
And then you fell.
Days later the whhhhrrrr and the beeeeeep beeeeeep beep as I stood there trying to calm you with my gaze.
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Eventually you were transferred to a floor and I thought you might set the place on fire.
Just before you were moved again, while I was seated directly across from you, you instigated the most intense 2-minute stare down that I had ever seen. I leaned in and met your eyes higher, then the curtain snapped back. I knew there were cameras.
You were transferred and at times you were pleasant with an audibly sweet voice I know. But then the sun begins to set and you are restless again.
And the sirens go off. Your trauma sirens. Your nightmares come again.
