In this chapter, Prill and the crew about to be eaten, but then an akulite woman comes running and screaming into the camp. Through a rough translation, Prill learns somebody has been stealing the akulite children, and that it has just happened again. Prill gets Demetrius to tell their leader, “Ak't...
I’d been found out
So you thought I’d choke
But I’m full of lots of little tricks
Don’t underestimate the things I do and say
I’ve seen the tract
If anyone can best the fence, it’s me
Blood shed by my hand before dawn
-A red thumb tonight
Doubt says the sky will be falling down someday
Doubt says my heart is still full of hate
Doubt says that somehow I’ll always be one step behind
Maybe today’s the day doubt discriminates
And lays waste
What’s wrong with me?
My brain is a brimstone castle cracked at the seams
My filter’s all backed up—slips out
I can’t feel grief
My touch has gone rust
Now I’m a thriving disease
And I can’t be snuffed out
-Just keep growing and growing and growing
Blood shed by my hand before dawn
-A red thumb tonight
You dig and dig and dig and dig
You dig until you find
Whatever it is that you seek more than moral height
The garden’s full of flesh—a mess
The flowers are all sore
There is no hole that goes deeper than greed’s allure
Blood shed by my hand before dawn
-A red thumb tonight
Red Thumb was written by Justin Bonitz.
Red Thumb was produced by Justin Bonitz.
Hungry Lights released Red Thumb on Mon Apr 01 2019.