The Flesh Hermit
Tissue measured, tested, tugged and sown. Muscle pinched, knotted, gripped and pulled. Tendons woven, spun and interlaced. Follicles fished out, bones plucked. Scrolls of sliced skin stored away. Each given a unique catalogue number and grade.
Delicate fingers lift paper thin faces from shelves. Stretched out and pinned down a barb laced with spider silk pierces separated flesh. Carefully, stolen muscle is restored, layer upon layer built upon each other.
Finally the finished work held aloft. Broken, cracked dry meat become supple. The mask molds to the body becoming a second skin, a wet tongue runs over pilfered lips. Fingertips tiptoe across the new face, feeling every crack and crevice. Eyes roll up, moans escape.
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