another excerpt of [spooky]

another excerpt of 

[spooky]

i see it
—the black eyes—
the red tongue—
the gray fur—
a lump underneath the buzzing clump of flies
still—motionlessdead
its mouth is open—
its tongue is loose—
flopped to the ground as if it is licking the earth—one last drink
like so many others
like the scattered bodies
bones upon bones
dust upon dust
scattered 
this animal
this dead creature
there is no blood
just the flies—
jump—
hop—
flutter flutter flutter flutter
scurryscurryscurry
i lean forward
i swat what i can from the gray fur
a closer look
most of the flies scatter
pesky clouds of black dots
flies
flies
scatterscatter
flies
flies
scatterscatter
buzzzzzzzzzzzzhummmmmmmmmmmmbuzzzzzzzzzzzz
flutter flutter flutter flutter
some stay intact—like alwaysunafraid
everywhere
everywhere
i lift the small dead animal
move its body closer to my face
coo n
it took me awhile to find the name i was sitting therehaunched curled and couldnt come up with a thing
gray gray gray gray nothing but gray gray numbness gray gray
then it dideventually
a name popping sparking popping in the gray
things are coming faster now
not like before
  when i was in the gray gray haze all the time
the nothingnessthe numbness
the animal is stiff—
       firm
i place it in on my legs
i swat the flies
clouds clouds clouds clouds
scatterflutterscurry
scatterflutterscurry
this hardly does anything
they are always there—always always always always always
they scatter—they fly away
they always come back
no matter what i do—the flies—they never leave
almost like the birds
the dark dark birds that swirl overhead
the ones that perch right by us
squawk and watch and wait
jerkingone eye watching watching
the hawks the buzzards
but they dont always stay
not like the flies
the flies never leave
never leave
flutter flutter flutter flutter
i pluck at the animals tough fur—
pluck a piece away
slip it into my mouth
hard crunchy bland cold
my stomach growls sings grumbles growls
it is my only option
i know this
i must eat
i must
so i do

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