Sleeping the Terror Code

Quiet mouths speak in quiet codes of the contagious headaches

That sent them home to empty tombs (or parents beds) with flashcards

To memorize their wounds

A quiet dance with quiet steps transpired in the ambulance

Crossing out the first five letters in "discomfort" still can't kill the word

Can they finish the template without kissing on contact

Without spelling out subtext?

We sleep a call to arms