Sonnet 005

[failingmercury]

Asleep I dreamed, and in that dream, did fall.

A endless pit of nothingness, terminating in gaping maw full of gnashing teeth, and from this maw a terrible groan filled the air...

Ooh, my head doth ache, my head doth ache. Melancholy and ill humours doth suffuse my being, from the marrow to--

[The sound of a bottle opening.]

Drink! Drink and be merry!

Comments

[doctoronboard]

...how much have you had?

[failingmercury]

More than I ought, and less than I intend, sir!

[doctoronboard]

You... probably shouldn't drink too much.

[failingmercury]

Wherefore, dear Jaaaames?

[shesagift]

gaping gnawing thrashing