You've Lost a Lot of Blood by Eric Larocca

You've Lost a Lot of Blood by Eric Larocca

Author:Eric Larocca [Larocca, Eric]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Horror, Psychological
ISBN: 9781088025758
Google: dvD3zgEACAAJ
Amazon: 1088025757
Publisher: Eric Larocca
Published: 2022-03-10T18:30:00+00:00


You’ve lost a lot of blood . . .

THE INVENTION OF SKIN

I often think of the first

creature to be given skin

and what it must have

felt like for them—

to be covered, to be

protected, to feel safe.

I often think of the first

wound blooming from

their precious skin and

how slowly it must have

healed, a scab to be worshiped

by zealots dressed in

expensive black hats.

I wonder how exquisite

it might feel to unspool

their skin like cheesecloth

until their body

was a murmur that could

no longer share their

most shameful secrets.

To hold their coat of flesh

in my arms like a broken child—

like a beggar sent to be

tortured until they weep.



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