My hands are oil.
A fault runs the length
of my legs. It
slips. A heatwave
burns my gut and
people die of stroke.
They’re clutching their throats,
gasping, a dream of
air
poisoning that last little bit
of happiness.
I am the drug
of choice.
I am
the disease.
The air doesn’t come.
~RyasSyx
Categories: The Red Room (Poetry and Stories)