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Caro Henry's avatar

Lungs tighten and dry

Oxygen a distant dream

Life seeps, ether claims

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Honeygloom's avatar

This is soothing in a way, I really like itπŸ–€

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erniet's avatar

Vacuum my old friend

I've come to gasp once again

And get lightheaded

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Honeygloom's avatar

Not gonna lie, I’m confused.πŸ˜…

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erniet's avatar

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...πŸ˜‚

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Honeygloom's avatar

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

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ClownWorld Shakespeare's avatar

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

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erniet's avatar

Exactly!

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erniet's avatar

As in the absence of air, not the appliance!πŸ˜‚ 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?πŸ€”

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Honeygloom's avatar

Dude. I am on so much cough medicine rn, you might be able to convince me an airlock would be fun. πŸ« πŸ˜‚

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erniet's avatar

I’m on muscle relaxers; threw my back out!πŸ˜‚

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Honeygloom's avatar

Oh no! I hope it’s not too bad?

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erniet's avatar

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

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Honeygloom's avatar

Aw man, I’m so sorry.

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ClownWorld Shakespeare's avatar

I get so nervous

Just before I hit publish

β€œPost” hypoxia.

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Honeygloom's avatar

This is so relatable πŸ˜”πŸ–€

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