begin with the stone
by EA Kane

k. bear

you plump, fur rustling. all about you
thickens, becomes ursine and dangerous,
claws wicked, teeth both sharpening and
blunting. you click your canines together,
grind your molars. your hunger manifests
like a morbid, rotund god, stalking you at
all times. you eat the berry, the root, the
grass, the bug, but also the flesh, the bone,
the sinew, fish, carrion, child. but the task
is never done, the desire never sated, and
you crawl viscous with craving.

 

((and you accept it)) go to t
((and you plead for relief)) go to m  

 

 

 

 

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