Reaper

19. temperature torture

19. torture

with you lying on the ground,
she started to turn her fingers
in towards her palm. 

your body suddenly
felt as if it was seething.
your blood boiled deep inside, 
but it wasn't from anger. 

you almost forgot 
what it was like
to feel cold. 
that is, 
until her fingers 
stretched back outwards
and it felt as if
she was digging 
frozen knives
deep
into your veins. 

she did it over
and over
and over
again.
she wouldn't stop.
the reaper's job
was not to be merciful.
in fact, it was just the opposite
of that. 
she was meant
to play with your mind
and to bring on
the worst death
you could
come up with. 

the temperature change
fucked with your
homeostasis
and you could no longer move
as she sicked
those damned dogs
down onto you.