the tacit lack
of recoil
meant the killing blow
was not felt
as it left tongue
to pierce
the inner ear of civility
the gravity
of the situation
was not lost
in the zero gravity
of the vacuous reaches
of her
needing space
the tacit lack
of recoil
meant the killing blow
was not felt
as it left tongue
to pierce
the inner ear of civility
the gravity
of the situation
was not lost
in the zero gravity
of the vacuous reaches
of her
needing space
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