Say that you didn't see it, when the whole world was burning and you
Organized your tiles in a row to spell a word that probably wasn't in the dictionary
And she says say the word, and I am there.

I don't know what that word is I think, and start thinking of my feet in my shoes and the way the bed presses against my body. My back. My hips.

She wouldn't grab a book, or a painting-- when the house is on fire.
Something to keep her body warm, or photo of someone she loved.

Just the shoes to walk away.