Definition: Last Observation Carried Forward (LOCF) imputes missing data by carrying the last recorded value forward. Assumes the patient remained stable after dropout.
Detonation: “I impute your silence, your missingness. I calculate the story you should be” 

Definition: A statistical procedure used to determine whether an observed effect, pattern, or difference in data is meaningful or simply the result of random chance.
Detonation: “When it's you and me it's just us. When it's just me it's just us too."

Definition: A belt-driven generator that powers a vehicle's electrical components and recharges the battery while the engine runs.
Detonation: “...the Salt Flats. Reno. Truckee. A wrong turn back into Nevada."

Definition: A reported sighting — an observation recorded in a moment of perception, subject to the limits of memory and the bias of the observer.
Detonation: “The last time I saw her, she was wearing. We were. Close."

Definition: Data points far outside the expected range. Often viewed as noise to be trimmed, but can signal measurement error or a critical rare event.
Detonation: "and the neighbors can hear your orgasm howls."

Definition: The time required for a quantity or signal to decrease to half of its initial value.
Detonation: "The hazard is not constant. / It spikes at grocery stores, / at the smell of low tide,"

Definition: A wide-mouthed vessel, typically cylindrical, used for storage or preservation.
Detonation: "we lodge them in a silver urn / like ash."