a biting bug

waiting for the words

torture is this time

in silence

a biting bug taking a bite

every second

deeper into the skin

until underneath and crawling

while I wait

it nears the heart

mouth open wide

and appetite still needing

there's no internal defense

against it,

it lives and feeds and

greeds and seethes 

so torturous is this 

time in silence

waiting for the words

every second, still needing

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