100 WORDS
Oblivion for a Price
Thrifty Words Challenge 100 #17: Drugs and Medication
The itching.
The ants — they are crawling through the veins.
The sun, it hurts.
Head pounding.
Body aching.
Barely able to move.
Have to move.
Have to meet the man.
Need more.
Need more.
Need more.
The man. He’s here.
Suffering.
He has it.
The package.
The sweet package.
The man knows.
He knows the pain.
He’s felt the pain.
He’s felt the ecstasy.
The man.
He prepares the needle.
Ease the pain.
Please, ease the pain.
The needle — bright and shiny.
The needle — slip it in.
Consciousness slipping away.
Oblivion.
Emptiness.
La petite mort.
Relief, if only for now.