THE SOUL PIERCING SAXOPHONIC DESPAIR

The music, a macabre serenade played from the depths of despair, oozed like liquid night across the room. Each note was a shard twisting in the soul, pulling at the threads of hope. A single spotlight drenched the saxophonist, his face pale and taut, his eyes fixed on some unseen horror. The audience, transfixed, could only listen as their own angu