8.3.01

last night i had a dream that all of my skin was peeling off, in great flakes, like a snake shedding its skin. for some reason i’m having a conversation with my ex-boyfriend, david, but i keep getting distracted by the skin that’s coming off my shoulders and left arm, as if i’ve been badly sunburned. underneath the skin is raw and red and new, but ultimately the same. i live inside my skin, my skin is me. when i woke up, i discovered that a spider or something had bitten me in my sleep, leaving itchy red welts across my hips, my stomach, my left arm and right leg.