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The speaker recalls saying nothing and later thinking about saying something. The closing rows say a child did not get what it was thinking.

The speaker leaves the relationship to the child unspecified. The title Crash supplies a frame without describing a collision or its circumstances.

'Crash' says 'I did not say a thing / Later I gave it a thought' and ends 'The child did not get / What it was thinking'.

The silence and the misunderstanding child suggest an aftermath that is not described directly.