(I) bite off, no nougat. better candy elsewhere. plastic wrap clear. slightly expandable. im expendable. sick, sick to the bone. animals neutered. stopped. mating.

(II) grinding, wheels. turn crunch release. caramel cellophane tears. snaps disguises. marrow splinters. clear red oozes. subhuman roars. uninhibited, the release.

(III) cliffhanger crippled. arrogant finger. snuffed ere twas lit. riding into doom. slow. tasting it, holding it. potholes underfoot. mines, all mine. imploding.

(IV) repetitive repetitions. circles spinning, never meeting. sink to rise to fall. strange scent, familiar movement. once upon our time. swimming in broken words.

(V) longing, reaching. playful master taunts. family photo. torn in corner. swept aside. cannot cry. sweet illusions, my poultice. soft iron. peels away in laces.

(VI) blue naked baby. whimper. fed. changed. incompetent, soiled. inappropriate. unwanted. never intended. golden streams. fetid. gurgling nauseating. indispensable.

(VII) shutting, heavily laden. raw flesh. drooping, a pendulum. obscene femininity. inert, deluded acceptance. ache with deprivation. gnaw gently. soothingly. thin.

(VIII) cocky, virile. ripe and sweet. every man in his humour. me the fruit tart. leaking and flaking. four thousand trolleys. nothing to hold. guiltily, and awfully.