Louis CK on bombing

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 23rd, 2007

Esquire online has a short essay by Louis CK on what it feels like to bomb.

…Bombing means: You lost them, they’re gone, and you just roast in hell until your time is up. You want to get offstage. But you also don’t want to get offstage till you can solve it. Millions of things race through your head, but it’s mostly visceral. It’s mostly in your gut: Your stomach gets a shitty feeling, your throat constricts, you can’t breathe in a natural rhythm, you’re too aware of how you’re breathing. It’s like being high, but bad.

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