@promethuse.
his heart crawls into his throat. an ugly parasite. how he wishes to replace his bones with sticks and his marrow with that organized cleanliness. when he gags up his heart, they'll place it in a zoo to be scrutinized by strangers without shadows. a mutt is a mutt ... dead or alive. he lifts his head up. the church and its pews with their cleanly routines and house free of sin live in his head. he chews his gums to quit his words and thoughts from squeezing together. "I saw your hands and knew they weren't for eating." ( leaving you almost worked. LEAVING YOU ALMOST WORKED. ) "mine aren't either. I wa— I thought you'd see me." the question mats his hair and shame glows on his chest, closing his shoulders on himself, and gathering his body into one single corner. it makes him despise himself. it makes him want to be isolated. it makes him want a fever. his expression nearly works into something aggravated. "I haven't learned how to stop." the chill that drowns his body is painful.