An empty stomach...an empty mind...
Pangs of hunger...sharp shooting pains where the fists had pounded....
Swollen welts...breeding ground for flies....they do the buzzing in the head...
Raindrops pelt body....tatters...the sky is my roof....
The smell of rotten fish and eggs...sumptuous breakfast....
Flaccid belly.... pallid eyes.... placid soul... rhyming words...
Tears... wide open ones and round liquid ones... across the cheek and down the cheek...
Whipped.... cream and eggs and back...
Shivers like shackles.... they rivet to the ground.... ague and fear...
Restraining fetters of sleep... tenuous hold on dreams...
Dust everywhere.... motes and grains and lumps... eyes are dry... parched throat...
Red and blue... up and down... old and new... Life and Death...
Six feet of ground rises up to embrace its inheritance....
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