Thursday 6 July 2023

Dying

 

Prepare to evacuate soul in ten, in nine, eight.

Chloe's splashing through the ankle-deep back-up of renal fluid from her failed kidneys.

Death will commence in five.

Five, four.

Around her, a parasitic life spray paints her heart.

Four, three.

Three, two.

Chloe climbs hand-over-hand up the curled lining of her own throat.

Death to commence in three, two.

Moonlight shines in through the open mout...
h.

Prepare for the last breath, now.

Evacuate.

Now.

Soul clear of body.

Death commences.

Now