I keep waiting... I keep waiting for it to slow But it keeps eating Something twists under the skin I feel it catch against the bone And for a second I want to know what breaks first It grows by eating itself Folding deeper through the muscle Nerves caught inside the meat Chewing through what still responds It reaches for what I won’t give The body spits me out Maybe it was always in me I can’t tell anymore I press where it hurts Something soft gives way The thought starts and then... There’s too much blood to finish it It grows by eating itself Folding deeper through the muscle Nerves caught inside the meat Chewing through what still responds It reaches for what I won’t give The body spits me out I try to move Something tears before I do A tendon slips Something wet opens underneath Part of me is still attached I think It grows by eating itself Folding deeper through the muscle Nerves caught inside the meat Chewing through what still responds It reaches for what I won’t give The body... spits me out Spits me out Spits me...
