If you surrender your passport
to the guard, it's hard to tell
if you'll get it back; or
get it back at all.
If you forget your water bottle
at the airport terminal, there won't
be any place to get mineral water
in the countryside for miles.
If someone yells fire or active
shooter, in one case there may be time
to jump through a window, text a message;
play dead on the floor, trying to survive.
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