what does a breakdown look like
teddy bear stuffing strewn across the bathroom floor
bits of blood or Malbec beneath your fingernails
your son's decapitated head sitting in the driveway
green, like money
smears on the wall of your bedroom, of every room
a child's body shaking with madness
blurred, similar to oxidized glass, similar to the wine bottle bottom
jumping three stories and taking the stairs back up
no reason
no memory
that is what a breakdown looks like
you take my breath away.
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