Rachel Li

1)  The expressionless is near. The expressionless is here. The expressionless is upon me. The expressionless is me. I am expressionless. 

2)  I wake up to the sound of hammering. It is dark. I start screaming. It's hot and small and closing in on me. I see a bright light. I can't breathe. I burst out. So this is what hell looks like. 

3)  I run up the stairs, feeling a presence behind me. I look behind me, make sure there's no one there. I look forward. There's someone there. I turn back, there's a wall.




4)  The painting on the wall is alive. The colors, the body, the face, the grass. It is especially alive when it smiles at me.