THIS SOUL PIERCING SAXOPHONIC DESPAIR

The music, a ghastly serenade wrung from the depths of abandonment, dripped like liquid night across the room. Each note was a dagger twisting in the soul, pulling at the fibers of light. A single spotlight illuminated the saxophonist, his face pale and taut, his eyes fixed on some unseen horror. The listeners, numb, could only watch as their own a