empty chambers,

no oxygen,
gagged,
strangled,
plunged—

arms dangling,
compressed—

a slash—
bandaged,
stopping the river's flow.

the boiling point,
the membrane bound to burst.

the rope, binding it.

Is it suffication?
or sufficating?
or sufficate?
sufferer?

squeezed blood oranges,
fluids dripped into a grasped cup.
Blood orange juice, consumed.

grapes and apples, set aside, clenched with a fist.