Hold on, please. //fuck me up fam
Send âHold on, please.â for my muse to die in your museâs arms.
   Red.   His fingers ⌠they were red: sticky, metallic, gory red ⌠and not of that of someone else, either.  His hand trembled, and with no control of his own, his eyes collapsed downward toward the gaping hole in his abdomen.
   The expression in the young manâs eyes betrayed his usual surety: he looked lost, confused, and definitely not fully aware of the situation unfolding.  He was in shock ⌠He was dying.
   Still at a loss for words, he peered upward, meeting the eyes of a stranger ⌠wait, noâ he had seen her somewhere else before, but where?   Itâs hard to explain exactly why he laughed in that moment: perhaps the shock was still yet to dissipate, or perhaps it was a moment of defense in the face of defeat.  Maybe he just had an extremely sick sense of humour.  Itâs hard to sayâ regardless, the laugh was quiet and meek, barely an echo of his usually obnoxious, maniacal cackle.  He wheezed a wet, struggling breath, and blood trickled from his mouth to the tip of his chin in a painfully slow, inevitable fashion.
   âThatâ f-fuck ⌠that was ⌠a real doozy.â
   A beat passed, and a second, and soon enough the young manâs eyes, once gazing at a loss, were now gazing at nothing at all.