Dead Mouse ~ Desire
During my undergraduate years i was learning how to fast. As i progressed, i decided to try fasting and praying for three full days. i was still attending classes and working during this time. By the third day my stomach had stopped grumbling and the hunger pains had subsided. My last class of the day was a mammalogy lab. We were learning to stuff animals for taxonomic collections. Our specimen that day was a mouse. While i was preparing the specimen, something very strange happened. i cut into the skin of the dead animal, tearing gently to expose the flesh inside. My eyes widened and my stomach leapt. All at once i came to the sickening realization that i was hungering for a mouse carcass. After three days without a scrap of food, my body trembled at the thought of consuming the scrap of meat on the dissecting table in front of me. i composed myself, left the classroom, drank a ton of water, and returned to finish ...