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.