Houdini

Houdini

Popcorn in hand you sit there waiting in the luminously covered tent until the air turns sinister and the lights betray your eyes- booming voice announces the Heavens have above an angel of darkness hovers in a straight jacket circling spinning desperately clinging past redemption into a bright desperation of spotlights burning shut eyeballs the freak show has begun you are clenching tightly to your seat

upside down

as water covers so as not to fall into the tank you struggle desperately clinging past chains that lock your equilibrium into confusion circling spinning clutching desperately clinging towards murky redemption unattainable for but the lost key mocking you as the crowd holds their breath hoping for death to tell their friends about as they clutch their iPhones delightfully praying for demise

you gasp

emerging from inferno water gasping you bobble through perdition sinking into netherworld circling spinning desperately clinging to the key of hope upon the archangels robe to grasp a permanent freedom you emerge the victor triumphing over the smell of popcorn and M&M’s carried out like a king by scantily clad assistants only to be brought to the table to be

cut in half.