cars driving past my window at 3 am
the noise disturbing the white sheet spread across the suburbswaking up the babies
causing second-lasting fear for the adultsteenagers weeping under their dirty bedsheets stop for a moment to listen
to the rumbleswhat about the driver?
were they driving home from the night shift?or was it so much more?
were they driving to a body beneath their feet?were they bawling, just wanting to get to sleep?
each noise early mornings is like a ripple in the water
it cause so much
but is over in a matter of seconds