No
don’t cry
for there is no
one to tell,
a mild shell
spreads
over every opening
every ear
eye
mouth
pore
nose
genital,
a mildness of shell
impenetrable
to even
the bladed scream;
soon
all will be
severed echo,
and the dead
so long
so unbearably long
outside and
neglected
will claim
their time.