stagnant hum of surf worn bodies/ washed up on shorelines/ bathtubs/ sewers/ what it means to be underneath/ passed over/ laid to rest in foggy water/ laid to bed in defeat/ in retreat/ in the crinkle of the television turning on/ tuning/ searching/ through databases of well kept facts/ tune out the noise to keep yourself in tact as you are flooded/ buried/ undertaken/ current washes over current events/ he changes the channel/ has enough will power to pick up the remote/ enough rage to smash it through the window/ while you exist in the other room/ distant/ hearing sirens in the distance/ foreshadowing of ambulance blaring/ when they find bodies/ ambivalent oblivion/ he crashes/ you fall deeper/ catatonic/ justifies himself by claiming you wanted it/ tears turn blue in the light shined on devil’s eyes/ only sorry when he is caught/ and only caught when he isn’t careful enough/ when the scene is a landmark of a decade/ a trope in conglomeration of boys who don’t know the healthy way to break