Because I hadn’t eaten dinner and I was starving
Because he was making me a grilled cheese
Because I told him a joke and he screamed with laughter
Because the laughing stopped, but the screaming didn’t
Because I heard him drop the pan on the floor
Because he said his chest hurt and he dropped to the floor
Because his eyes were rolling like pinballs
Because I dialed 9-1-1 but kept pressing the wrong numbers
Because she said the ambulance was on the way
Because on the way felt like light-years.