Instructions for How to Survive a Nuke

Bryanna Licciardi
Written By Shane McKnight

By Bryanna Licciardi

Here is where I grab your hand to pretend things work out.
Can you take a seat? Give you a minute. Let you process.
You ask me what happens next. Knowing nothing else,
I shrug. Our hands are still supposed to be touching. 

Can you take a seat? Give you a minute. Let you process.
My voice tries to sound soothing as my face tries to give me away.
I shrug. Our hands are still supposed to be touching. 
What comes next will feel like an ending. But for now,

Here is where I grab your hand to pretend things–

Shane McKnight
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