THE SOUL PIERCING SAXOPHONIC DESPAIR

The music, a ghastly serenade played from the depths of helplessness, sloshed like tar across the room. Each note was a shard twisting in the soul, pulling at the threads of hope. A single spotlight drenched the saxophonist, his face a mask, his eyes staring vacantly on some unseen horror. The patrons, transfixed, could only bear witness as their o