He/She/They

00:00
shut     all windows              shut them
lock and tighten                   blind them
bring a water bottle by the bedside

0:02
close                          the white owl
with warm light on the             nightstand  
the eyes                     breathe in & out

0:15
slip out of the bed for         the windows
check them     again             lock
with relief                             sleep in peace

1:20
footsteps                     of the radiator buzz
ask who’s here?                    get out
of the bed      again              check the flat

2:24
sleep     run scared                in dreams
from white guns         men, women, kids,
police, animals                      captured at last

2:55
wake             the wet body             in bed
drink the water by the bedside          lower
the racing blood                    escaped

4:00
flip side          hear                 the woodpecker
bark its way inside                dead browns
close eyes                   awake mind

4:30
check the phone         light               break
the day             wake up                    ready
bed     eat                                    run shift 1