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“Don’t step on the cracks, or you’ll break your mother’s back!”

I hear them screaming as I run home

I’d taken my time

I’d walked with care –

A momentary lapse in concentration –

I fell into the aperture of doom



I burst through the door

Tears on my cheeks

Avoiding the cracks on the hardwood floor

I find my mother

Spine intact

Still they implore me

“Don’t step on the cracks…”

But the voices grow dim

My mother dries my tear-stained eyes

The aperture seals, though the cracks remain