People would tell me I looked skeletal Not necessarily in an overly skinny sort of being But in an organic, carbon matter fashion Bone colored Grooved Plated My ribs shone through my abdomen, still My stomach protruded tightly Translucent skin like a lampshade revealing Three beams of muscle tissue I should have been observed in a science class I thought this while walking down the hall, away from the shower I left behind Into my cave colored bedroom Head first, body soon to follow An archaic method- My stack of literature playing the role of mammoth About to be speared and eaten by my fingertips