January 5th - Deskinning

I have a hive...that's being irritated. I poke it every couple minutes, its on the inside curve of my upper eye socket. It sits there like a tiny itchy turret, which will spew forth wee itchy invaders at a moments scratch.

I'm not foolish enough to scratch it mind you, oh no. I rub it. I give it a hard rub with my index finger's fingerprint. Its half into my eyebrow, not larger, but just stradling the line. I can picture half of its red anger being hairy red anger. I feel like if I wanted to, I could rub it hard, until its raw, and widen a hole in my skin, and then with my fingertips, just pull my epidermis back like a tight hoodie. Slowly work it past my shoulders, like a dress sweater over a tie of moist bone. Work it past the jutting bones of my elbows, take a short minute to look at my arm tattoos from both sides.

Past the waist it gets a bit messy, its not all ordered muscles right around the stomach. So I just walk around, let it hang like a yuppy sweater.

In an hours time, the moisture has all but evaporated, and I'm a statue with twitching toes and eyes agape.