All the windows were #boarded up to block the gas from coming through. Of course, it was a futile effort. The chemical weapon drove everyone mad.

#Saneness returned only when the winds dispersed the clouds. No one remembered what happened during that time. That was on purpose.

#firewords280

A piano closed beneath its fallboard,
boarded saneness keeping every key silent,
strings wound tight in waiting silence,
hammers asleep in velvet dark,
music trapped beneath locked lids,
the whole body intact,
yet no sound permitted passage.

#firewords280 #prompt #boarded #saneness #amwriting