My name slithered through the walls
Neighbors’ voices passing it between them in Arabic and English
I pressed my ear against the drywall, caught fragments that wouldn’t mix, like droplets on a windshield
When I yanked open my door, the hallway’s buzzing fluorescents caught four neighbors frozen mid-conversation
Their words evaporated
Only the smell remained - high-octane...everywhere
I covered my mouth to cough and felt my breath escape between my fingers as visible vapor, as if something inside me had already caught flame
Burning white man in a petroleum neighborhood
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