Eaten Alive

“Eaten Alive”
At first it felt like
A brush of air past my face
A tear drop, the touch of lace
I walked my way to class
Vision low staring at a little coed’s ass
Then the push came
Nearly hobbling myself over
Then came another righty
	My gaunt like spastic puppet
I felt another brush against me
There was no one there
I felt a terror inside me
A terror I have never known
Hastily I looked above me, 
	I looked below
There was no one
I tried to hasten on
My legs felt like they were caught
	In a bush, pins and needles
My bag got heavy, I nearly fall
Over as it dropped onto the floor
A thought persisted, this world 
Doesn’t want me
I was being physically rejected
The very air denied itself entrance
	Into my lungs
Nothing, then a second later it came
	In a rush
	Like a faucet turned on
		Cold water
I was gone, utterly detached
	From life
Everything fell away from my mass
Away from my body
I lost neither form 
	Nor function
But everything else washed away
At first light, darkness
Slowly light flickered
	The eyes of the malcontent
Fangs sharp as spears glistening
	Like lightning’s stifling bursts, smarmy
In my beat up boots
To think all that work meant for nothing
I bleed out to hungry lips and tongues

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017



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