THIS SOUL PIERCING SAXOPHONIC DESPAIR

The music, a spectral serenade wrung from the depths of helplessness, oozed like tar across the room. Each note was a needle twisting in the soul, pulling at the threads of light. A single spotlight illuminated the saxophonist, his face pale and taut, his eyes glazed on some unseen horror. The audience, transfixed, could only bear witness as their