I think there are some jagged transitions that I want to point out:
tightening my heartscrews and opening my mouth
I laughed as hard as I could
I'm not sure what happened here. You insert this beautiful two-line stanza, and then continue on as if it hadn't even happened.
then choked. died right there.
from there I was gone, but
After that blunt moment, too many words ruin the effect. I see that you understood that, but still, I think you could cut down. "from", for example, and "right there" is a bit useless.
Nice ending ---
Oh, and I back the "runningwordstogether" thing. It was overused.
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