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Panic Attack Express

Encroached by bleakness barren thoughts derail, lost zephyr junction-bound now frozen still, whose screams for help are made to no avail, as panic railroads bits where nightmares drill; Safe harbors flee when tidal waves attack, stirred quick from fossils steamed in hellish heat; An anxious cabin falters off its track, then leaps to scorched black coal with naked feet; A locomotive chugging cellophane, inhales as hostage held in hollow night; In prior moments rolled civilian sane, Until the devil came and fight took flight. Unknown are reasons engines suffocate, But cargo spilled produces heavy weight.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016




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Date: 10/7/2016 9:15:00 AM
Really nicely done. The rhyme scheme was spot on. The theme was dark and frustrating but in a very good way. I know people who have experienced these and I can tell you, it's not a ride I want to tag along on.
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Phillip Garcia
Date: 10/7/2016 10:11:00 AM
Thank you - the descriptions I read about them were horrific, I think it's one of those things you'd have to experience first hand to truly understand. I'm blessed not to have but I feel a lot more now for folks who have. Thank you for reading and commenting!
Date: 10/7/2016 8:34:00 AM
Wow, you really chugged along with the themed course here, I've never had one, it's an express flight I hope I never do, but this made me feel as though I exactly knew the pressure.
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Phillip Garcia
Date: 10/7/2016 8:47:00 AM
I hear they're pretty messed up. I've never had one either and I don't want one. It'd be a trainwreck

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