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Something Stirring... |
Yes the fire.
It was the flicker of fire light that
attracted the attention of beasts.
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Moths flittered about.
The smell of smoke warned
some creatures
to steer clear of the area and
drew certain others nearer. |
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The warmth of fire. |
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Warm human breath
attracted mosquitoes. |
Warmth means
mammalian blood. |
Blood means a feast. |
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Yes, come closer. |
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And the girl... |
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dancing around the glow
in her underwear,
black eyes gleaming. |
Music.
Noisy music. |
Like fire, a power being
contained and manipulated
for the pleasure of a fragile band of Sapiens,
the intoxicating scent of liquor on all of them. |
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Their charmed laughter.
The sounds and scents of their love making. |
Yesssssssss. |
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The scent...
the dancer is menstruating. |
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Her long graceful arms
and legs
only delicately furred. |
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The crackle of leaves
and snapping twigs
approaching from the dark
are lost in this animal symphony. |
The crickets fall silent
with the approach.
Silence too is lost in the bubbling choir.
The humidity of sweat is swallowed by the cool night air. |
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The enthusiastic dancer
glistens. |
Lovers reach a crescendo. |
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A bottle breaks.
The finale. |
Hunger tears through the
camp, humanity scatters in fleshy fragments,
a kaleidoscope of moisture warmth and screams...
smoke, blood, and sweat. |
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The
scent...
Yesssssssss. |