itched
raze
she
bent
her
labium
back
into
a
bow
before
piercing
the
third
knuckle
on
my
left
hand
with
her
proboscis.
i
didn't
feel
a
thing
until
the
enzymes
in
her
spit
started
working
on
me
.
i
raked
one
fingernail
across
angry
skin
and
watched
a
white
ridge
rise
from
a
static
sea
of
scarlet.
then
i
put
away
the
animal
impulse
to
make
a
meal
of
my
own
meat
and
did
my
best
to
ignore
the
burn
.
all
evidence
of
the
insult
had
fled
within
the
hour
.
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