This is raw. and when the raw meat permeates your nose hairs you do everything in attempt to suffocate its putrescence. maybe jam some eucalyptus leaves up one of your nostrils, dump lavender all over you body. anything to escape the immediate rot that occurs when flesh leaves its bone and is torn naked from its hide. so you decide how strong your gag reflex really is.
she stares into her own eyes, red and swollen and vomits across the bathroom counter. her body shaking, snot sticking to the tops of her breasts. she pulls her head back up to meet herself. she holds the glare. her eyelashes falter, but her irises steady. she lets go of her breath and dumps the cold water from the sink over the back of her neck. she watches her hand pull for the door handle and open. she walks out.
