shot to follow

ba. No nrg.  The soft cap does not erupt, ignite, less explode. The parenthesis, (o), is an inexplicable blank. An empty chamber. An uncalibrated round of muted applause. Not much has happened in the intervening years – psychosis; invalidity; crippling paranoia; sedation – but the churning underpins the explanation which one fears is inevitably demanded.