beat-in

it came upon me

so fast

 

no warning

 

like a

sandstorm

 

surrounding

me

 

fifty fingers

clenched

 

pummeling

me

 

ribs crack

like ribbon

candy

 

I hear

a gurgling

 

of

thick

liquid

 

I hear

sucking

for tiny

puffs of

air

 

punctured

lungs leak

 

sssss

suffocating

 

I ask why

there is no answer

 

the mindless machine

has no reason

 

the world is turned

upside down

 

and I am the sun

trying to resist

an eclipse