He collapsed into fists, and his fingers burned.nHe spent shadows growing tall and thin.nnHe had hardly lived, was only just a man, when he was consumed.nHe might have smoked a briar pipe, might have worn a monocle, but instead he ATE.nHe never dreamt of teeth, he never dreamt of molars, growing where they should not be.nnHe crafted knots using miles of throat.nnHe screamed with chipped enamel, blistered airways flecked and sprayed with digestive juice.nnHe fingertips, he broken lips…nWhoa-oh-oh and so forth.nnHe wasted memory, his smallclothes eaten…nHe fashionably undone, his crepe-covered family…n