THIS SOUL PIERCING SAXOPHONIC DESPAIR

The music, a spectral serenade played from the depths of helplessness, sloshed like liquid night across the room. Each note was a needle twisting in the soul, pulling at the tendrils of hope. A single spotlight drenched the saxophonist, his face pale and taut, his eyes glazed on some unseen horror. The listeners, transfixed, could only watch as the