I had known since puberty about the insatiable hunger that resides inside my body. The hunger had followed me from infancy, slowly growing- trying to find its escape. I had grown to a dark brown hue, spotted in milky patterns and had decided that I would not allow this mysterious hunger to control me. I allowed myself to go to school, gave myself space for friends and relationships. But as I sit o...

“Man or monster?”

Read the sign in huge blocky letters,

All of the lights in my brain rang to walk away,

But I knew I had to see the grotesque scene,

I sat in the circle-shaped tent alone waiting while my leg bobbed up and down in anticipation,

My mind began to wonder what he would act like, would he diminish himself solely for this show?

Was he always acting in this manner?

“INTRODUCING!!!!...

I run my finger over the jagged side of the natural object that had resided in my hand for weeks,

The medium-sized milky sediment revealed shades of blue and purple under the buzzing overlight, my eyes began to weaken as my thumb slowly began to numb over the pebble, and the nothing feeling spread through my veins as I looked to the wall-sized “mirror” placed in front of me,

I wonder if they can...