i swallowed up all the insects 
that you hid amidst the flowers 
and now my entrails are a nest for the roaches 
(pack of larvae, bunch of thorns.) 
petals dissolve 
fluids carry along 
legs clinge to walls 
ascension unbothered 

rip apart the ribcage 
expose lungs to gelid air 
let it ravage all that breathes 
oh what a price to pay, 
what drastic solutions to issues so trivial.