{"sf1_id":835671,"sf2_id":null,"title":"The Skin Cycle II: Devolution","author":"Aux Chiens","words":108,"posted_at":"2015-03-22T05:07:00.000Z","tags":["Poetry","Transformation","Werewolf","abstract","poem","psychedelic"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/835671-the-skin-cycle-ii-devolution","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/view/835671","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=835671\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"","content":"Prowler,\ncrawling--\nPawing--\nWarm wind coming down\nThe pathway made\nOn all fours.\nIndistinct, from\nThe cluttered noises\nOf human speech--\nClitter, clatter, \nPatter, paw--\nDown it goes,\nDown you are,\nOn all fours.\nBeauty made, beauty taken--\nFluttering hair, into\nDeranged feral eyes.\nFear, flight--\nFangs bared, unstained\nFlash in the dark--\nBlaze, bolt\nOn all fours.\nCircle, circling,\nEyes glowing,\nRolling--\nBack in to the skull,\nMalformed--\nNot quite there,\nInvisible, wild--\nDeep low baying\nOn all fours.\nReturning, a \nStranger sees a \nFriend, sees\nRed, sees\nBlurred, goes\nDown--\nDown, head up--\nOn all fours.\nHair, fur--\nNape of the neck--\nUp, straight, \nNuzzle--\nMuzzle--Howl."}