It starts as a smile
\nProgresses to a full face explosion
\nRunning jumping and chasing.
\nThen the slip.<\/p>\n
Was that a snort?
\nMy eyes crinkle up
\nThe corners of my mouth tickle.
\nBurn.
\nIt is a full blown fire in my chest.
\nOh god.
\nIt’s going to burst.
\nIt rolling rumbling past my larnyx.<\/p>\n
Don’t snort.
\nUgh. Don’t snort!
\nWater is streaming
\nBlack streaks down my face
\nMonuments to my mascara mistake.<\/p>\n
Snort.<\/p>\n
My face hurts.
\nI try to pull oxygen past my closed off breathing tube.
\nIs this how I die?<\/p>\n
Snort.<\/p>\n
“What’s so funny?”<\/p>\n
Huh.
\nWait a second.
\nI can’t remember.
\nWell isn’t that just hysterical?<\/p>\n
Snort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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