THIS SOUL PIERCING SAXOPHONIC DESPAIR

The music, a macabre serenade conducted from the depths of abandonment, sloshed like liquid night across the room. Each note was a dagger twisting in the soul, pulling at the tendrils of hope. A single spotlight drenched the saxophonist, his face a mask, his eyes glazed on some unseen horror. The patrons, transfixed, could only bear witness as thei