Today's Word - 'Danger'
In a deliberate act of spite, she
throws a handful of ivory teardrops in my face. Smooth and shiny they scatter
their danger all about me and within the space of a few blinks my body reacts.
Violence begets violence from the seemingly innocent sesame seeds. My lips
grow, plumped up on my body’s own chemicals, to encase my tongue with gripping
numbness that slides down my throat to freeze my vocal chords. A thousand
grains of sand tingle on the top of my head, sink through my skull and explode
like space-dust on my brain. The sheath about my chest tightens and I begin to
burn with a bright vermillion flame that licks my arms and neck. Short, sharp
breaths become inadequate and my knees concertina. As I fall to the ground I
hear scuffling. A hand rifles in my bag and finds my epipen.
