A FAINT SMELL
A FAINTING SPELL
DO YOU FEINT A FAINTING SPELL
Author's Notes/Comments:
FEINT OR FAINT...I REMEMBER FAINTING IN CHURCH AS A KID IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WHEN THEY WOULD DO THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS AND IT WAS HOT IN THERE AND CROWDED AND I HAD MY COAT ON AND THE INCENSE SMELL WAS OBNOXIOUSLY STRONG. IT FELT HARD TO BREATHE LIKE I COULDN'T GET ANY FRESH AIR...THEN FEELING DIZZY AND FINALLY COLLAPSING...SCARY STUFF...HAVE YOU EVER FAINTED...WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT IT...NOT VERY FUN IS IT...SCARY STUFF... DO YOU EVER GET PANIC ATTACKS OUT OF THE BLUE ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU FEEL LIKE YOU FORGOT HOW TO BREATHE SO YOU HYPERVENTILATE AND CAN'T SEEM TO CATCH YOUR BREATH......THAT IS PRETTY SCARY TOO...OR FEELING CLAUSTROPHOBIC...I REMEMBER BEING IN A CROWD AT CHICAGO FEST FOR A JOURNEY CONCERT. IT WAS VERY HOT AND SO CROWDED AND PEOPLE WERE PUSHING THEIR WAY INTO THE CONCERT AND KNOCKED DOWN A FENCE. THE ENTIRE TIME I WAS TRYING TO PUSH MY WAY OUT OF THERE GOING AGAINST THE CROWD...TALK ABOUT CLAUSTROPHOBIC...TALK ABOUT PANIC ATTACKS...GEEZ...I HATE BEING IN CROWDS NOW...I DON'T EVER WANT TO RELIVE THAT FEELING...FUNNY SUCH A SHORT POEM CONJURES UP SO MANY MEMORIES...NOT GOOD ONES...
