The thresher carbon copy
attached itself to the base
of the spine under the skin
after it buried in and settled
there through a series
of multiple incisions.
It doctored these quickly
with pain alleviating
secretions. Cauterization
set in rapidly and these
nanobot assemblies were
nothing if not efficient.
It became understood that
our eventual recovery
from this temporal disease
awaited in the interminable
span left of our lives except
we were the scars dealt out
our identities our own face
the exact shape of the wounds.
