PRAY YOU NEVER GET
THE ITCH
The cuts have mostly healed. The pink shiny skin on my arms is only noticeable if you look close. My shrink says it’s a control thing. Cutters do what they do to feel in control. That’s his story. Not this cutter. I do—did what I did to cut the squiggly things out of my arm before they could do real damage. That’s my story.
I saw them first on Discovery Channel. These things that get into your blood and set up shop inside you and suck all your nutrients and cause intense pain and give you all sorts of diseases. They live in rivers and lakes in Asia and other places. I’m not saying that’s how I got mine. Like I’ve been to Asia.
How I got ‘em doesn’t matter. How I got rid of them, that’s the tale needs tellin’.