LOUISIANA HEAT

it starts with a dream...

My bones are blasted apart. Blackened and cracked, split apart, flames licking up the sizzling meat. The pen hiccups across the page that traps my sticky hand in the Louisiana air, thick and moist. A slapping in my tightened chest reminds me of my life, but I take another step. The pole is at my back, and the tickle of a tick stands out on my neck. One …