hot soup and a free bag of rice
lured in with empty promises
he woke up around 75 miles away
from where he fell asleep
first he noticed his empty stomach
then the nothing in his hands
next came a highly strange smell
ammonia
sour lemon
bitter almond
and cinnamon
assaulted his nostrils
he felt catastrophic body aches
as he struggled to stand up
an extreme thirst burned rusty in his throat
he figured nobody on earth
had ever been so thirsty before
in a moment of clarity he worried
he might never be able to fully process
this experience
trying to vocalize what he was thinking
he kept uttering a small handful
of nervous shaky words
this did not happen
it’s all too impossible