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Lungs tighten and dry

Oxygen a distant dream

Life seeps, ether claims

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This is soothing in a way, I really like it🖤

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Vacuum my old friend

I've come to gasp once again

And get lightheaded

😂

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Not gonna lie, I’m confused.😅

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Hypoxia makes you lightheaded, and the first line is a riff on "The Sound of Silence."

Junkie got to get his fix...gives getting high a new meaning...😂

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Wow, I didn’t know you could get high off a vacuum. People are so weird. 😂

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A riff on "hello, darkness, my old friend?"

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Exactly!

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As in the absence of air, not the appliance!😂 The prompt was hypoxia after all!

There's a science fiction story there somewhere...teenagers on a spaceship or station and the new fad is to go in airlocks and experience hard vacuum for a few seconds. What could go wrong?🤔

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Dude. I am on so much cough medicine rn, you might be able to convince me an airlock would be fun. 🫠😂

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I’m on muscle relaxers; threw my back out!😂

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Oh no! I hope it’s not too bad?

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It's very bad...will be intermittent on here for a while

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Aw man, I’m so sorry.

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I get so nervous

Just before I hit publish

“Post” hypoxia.

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This is so relatable 😔🖤

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