my. my. little black dot, little black dot. dog looks at tick, tick punctures
skin. the dog just stares, quizzically, enduring the pain. a minute demon i see,
or is it just hungry, thirsty? is it blood or is it water? am i dehydrating or
am i melting away? let me know, scratch and swat.
attack.

don't you wish you had a pair of nice, shiny wings? don't you wish you were a
fly? but if i swat and miss, i smack myself instead.

my candy children, my lollipop. but somewhere a homeless man nibbles on moldy
bread. and a mouse nibbles tainted bait. and a tick sips of a moist bitter,
bitter blood. moist bittersweet blood.

my, my. tiny dark speck, tiny dark speck. wolves flock through cornfields and
locusts swarm. the farmer weeps. what's to eat? my instinctive little parasite,
my pet tapeworm. i feed it lovingly, i feed it me.

tell me tick. don't you wish you had a pair of nice shiny wings? don't you wish
you were a fly? then  i'd swat you, trash the guts. to the light!
we've fled.

my sucker licking, my popsicle sticks. somewhere children die of starvation,
skeletons in the sand. somewhere wasps drown in honey, fleas in sap. and a tick
sips of a moist, bitter, bitter blood.    moist, bittersweet blood.

but i love to feed you. i love to feed you. don't you love to feed me too?


SMASH IT. FLICK IT. HURT IT. KILL IT.


i'm no meat.










~~ =-.-> gREY mOUSER <-.-= ~~