pale excerpts'

boa constrictor

her lungs squeezed inside her chest,
her limbs going to jelly.
their words like poison piercing her skin.
every insult they spat out squeezed her chest harder.

like a boa constrictor,
wrapping around it's pray.
their words the snakes poison.

slowly wrapping around her,
swallowing her whole.
till there's nothing left but emptiness.