Peeled back,
grubby fingers,
reek of shed skin and inner oils.
Raw nerves
and raw flesh,
abraded on a bed of ancients;
chafed against fetid soil.
New fangs bent biting off more than you could chew.
Weaseled through mud,
blind instinctual tool.
Shrunk upon the wind.
Flakes into the sun.
Coiled 'round the thumb.
Mar 11
Mar 11, 2026 at 11:48 AM UTC
Peeled back,
grubby fingers,
reek of shed skin and inner oils.
Raw nerves
and raw flesh,
abraded on a bed of ancients;
chafed against fetid soil.
New fangs bent biting off more than you could chew.
Weaseled through mud,
blind instinctual tool.
Shrunk upon the wind.
Flakes into the sun.
Coiled 'round the thumb.
