Chamber

The walls close in

Shifting

If I open my mouth

Hot air

Will rush in like someone…

Forced a dryer between my

Teeth and filled me up with

White-hot electricity

My brain swims in the waves

I’m claustrophobic

The walls close in

Closer and

Closer and

Closer

Till my lips ice-cold stone,

My chest constricts,

Ribs crack like old branches,

And with a grasp and a choked gurgle

Life evaporates

In scalding steam.