Five-Meal Man

Parchment skin stretches. Sinew turns to thread. Invincible giant shrivels beneath the unmade bed — A hollow kind of hugeness, a massive kind of dread. Banquet stains the map. Gristle on the plate. Sinister shadow flickers beneath the wooden threshold. Glutton mouth gapes. Ribs press the skin. Parchment barrier shudders when the wind lets in. Theatrical veneer wobbles. String pulls the jaw. Fragile empire trembles beneath the plastic claw. Invincible giant! Cringing in the shade! Populist mirage! Ritual parade! Sober rows watching. Five meals served. Belly bloat swelling. Hunger unobserved. Paper fist shaking. Steel barrier thin. Mighty empire hollowing from the rot within. Sovereign face peels. Compact frame remains. Theater of the master, binding all the brains. Shadow-threat bloating. Small hands fail. Mighty fortress melting, fragile and frail. Invincible giant! Cringing in the shade! Populist mirage! Ritual parade! Invincible. Puny — Mirage — a —