detach
raze
he
was
waiting
for
a
sign
.
something
fell
from
a
place
higher
than
he'd
thought
to
look
and
amputated
his
expectations
.
tore
the
arms
off
right
below
the
elbows
and
flung
them
to
the
ground
.
he
bent
down
to
see
what
they
looked
like
up
close
. studied
the
fibrous hairs
that
sprouted
from
one
length
of
unfastened limb.
he
found
a
mole
.
then
another
.
he
trapped
the
thinnest strand
of
protein
between
his
teeth
, halfway
hoping
it
was
the
thread
that
held
his
whole
life
together
,
and
pulled
with
all
the
strength
his
fear
would
let
him
have
.
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go
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