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Cherry Chokehold

It was work week in boot camp. I had a bad cold. I was working with two sailors, preparing desserts. I ate a cherry off one dessert. CHERRY CHOKEHOLD the cherry chokehold acute asphyxiation black curtain climax i’m fascinated unexpectedly unafraid heimlich births a hapless cough i return to my barracks my life saved my hero unnamed unappreciated many years later it sinks in and I routinely ask God to bless her 4/25/2022 Near Death Experience Sponsor: Chantelle Anne Cooke

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Anil Deo

Date: 5/2/2022 3:44:00 PM

good one; glad u have a hero-hero! blessings, Kim

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 5/2/2022 4:46:00 PM

Thanks, Anil!

Joe Dimino

Date: 4/29/2022 1:29:00 PM

I hear you! If not for the grace of God...and a few of his unnamed angels -- at least for that day. We are complicated. Well said!

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 4/29/2022 8:52:00 PM

For sure, yes, Joe!

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 4/29/2022 8:45:00 PM

For sure, yes, Joe!

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 4/29/2022 6:08:00 AM

This sounds so real "black curtain climax i’m fascinated unexpectedly unafraid" and plausible. Nice pen!

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 4/29/2022 8:44:00 PM

Thank you! Based on my real event.

Harry Horsman

Date: 4/28/2022 2:15:00 AM

Wow, love the poetry, on this dire subject.

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 4/28/2022 3:18:00 PM

Thank you, Harry!

Eve Roper

Date: 4/27/2022 4:20:00 PM

Enjoyed reading, KIm. A blessing that the friend saved your life.

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 4/28/2022 3:18:00 PM

Sure is! :) Thank you, Eve!

Jcb Brul

Date: 4/26/2022 3:59:00 PM

Well-narrated in vivid expressions...Great write! All the best^JCB

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 4/26/2022 6:13:00 PM

Thank you, JCB

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 4/26/2022 3:24:00 PM

wow, your own experience here? Amazing. I've never had one, but you hear of so many of them

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 4/26/2022 6:13:00 PM

Yes, this happened to me. I couldn’t breathe at all.

Panagiota Romios

Date: 4/26/2022 1:02:00 PM

I had a policeman save my life in SF. I was choking on thick wheat toast. It’s quite a story. And what a frightening experience. I wrote to SFPD and he was commended. Yours, Pangie

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 4/26/2022 6:04:00 PM

Very nice! How old were you?