THIS SOUL PIERCING SAXOPHONIC DESPAIR

The music, a ghastly serenade conducted from the depths of helplessness, sloshed like tar across the room. Each note was a needle twisting in the soul, pulling at the tendrils of light. A single spotlight drenched the saxophonist, his face a mask, his eyes glazed on some unseen horror. The audience, transfixed, could only bear witness as their own