I woke up handcuffed and sedated in a foreign bed.
Well, I guess the price was right.
A TV blaring from the room adjacent,
I try to discern the drugs from the static
because my life is on the line.
Clothes soaked in blood and vomit, vulnerable, committed to me
Pissed off at the mystery, goddamn this disorientation.
What goon went and dropped me here?
What malevolent plot is underway?
What god went and dropped me here?
The walls are dripping like a liquid picture, leaking
tweaking sparks through the vintage sheets.
Should I have the open use of my digits, I could put out the fire
'fore it got to me.
I've been to hell, and this is hotter; the flames licking me
like the tongue of the beast.
I welcome my hired slaughter, commissioned by a price I know I can
beat.
Adrenaline, kick that drug like yesterday's noose.
Forget my clothes because I've got nothing to lose.
Break the window, watch the fire go and explode.
I vacate, cutting myself mid-barrel roll.
My hands still cuffed, I balance upon the escape.
My captors made such a dire mistake.
All the questions left, wondering, who? why?
Because when I find you
You're going to die.
You should have killed me, now I'm coming for you.
You should have killed me, cocksucker, now I'm coming for you.
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