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

HA!

Came here to make waves

Getting noticed is the first step

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