what happens when a werewolf
suddenly reaches for your thorax
and leaves your broken body
for dead — what kindness
would you wish bestowed
a quick burial or pyre
to match that of a great
chief — or would you
dream of a way
to call back
every drop
of liquid plasma
bones start to merge
nothing remains broken
even the epidermis
starts to heal from the inside
to once make you whole
a rebirth worthy of any phoenix
my feathers have molted
i am reduced to a tiny
pile of combustible ash
BOOM! SELF-EXPLODE
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