Tight rope walking dead man
Pride lit with spotlight ramble
Dance on the edge – suspense
Life’s at the risk of applause

Feet grip the thread like clippers
Steel cuts through bleeding blisters
No thread to cling on – falling
Fear-stricken eyes a-roaming’

twisting coil of panic
Hands clutch the air like manic
Ribcage cracks through the organs
Bones pop the lung-bags open

Heart pumps the blood stream outwards
Red fountains pouring downwards
Spectators watch in stunned awe
pride to cherish – adore

Self-adoration lust
mirror-loving [bad word] Life soaked into [bad word] see the bitter end

EMPHYSEMA!
PNEUMOTHORAX!
EMPHYSEMA!
PNEUMOTHORAX!

Insulated ribcage breaking
Parietal pleura torn apart
Tissue sliced with razor splinters
Choking drops of killing blood