Scrape Me (Gnat), Victoria Zickas
Gnat
Gnat
Gnat
Gnat
I swat at it,
And it stays
Swarming around
My head,
Whispering in
My ear
You don’t know
What you’re doing
Says the gnat,
You will
Fold
You will
Perish
There will
Be no more
Light
I try to grab
At it,
To no avail,
It dodges my bones
Watching me
As I flail
It zooms into
My ear
Causing great
Pain
My eyes bulge
My mouth trembles
The realization
Hits me
I need to
Stop this,
It can’t keep
Doing this,
My instincts
Kick in
Scratch
Scratch
Scratch
Scratch
I pull and
Scrape
Chunks of hair
And skin flutter
Onto the
Below
The gnat screams
I've hit bone
I have no other
Choice,
I fall down
And bend over,
On my
Hands and knees
Smashing my head
Into the below
Pieces fly and
bounce
Off of the below
And into
Nowhere
My cage broken,
I rip my brain out
And bring it to
My still
Bulging eyes
I pick off bits
Frantically,
Searching for the thing,
Finding it, I pinch it
And quickly bring it
towards my mouth,
place it in,
And grind it between the
bones I have left
I am me again