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Stick To Your Own Skin



Evan Mitchell



He hated his skin like a resentful child hates an abusive parent

He often walked the village envying the skins of others

He was jealous

He was bitter

He was trapped in this skin that abused his soul



Then one day he awoke to a skinless body

He had shed

He felt so free

He walked onto the front steps of his cottage and shouted for joy

He could be heard throughout the planet

His release triggered the shedding of all human existence

Skin, flesh and confusion, laced with distraught fear, gripped the globe, affecting all but him



He picked one off the ground

It didn't fit

He tried on several other skins

None fit

As many as he had tried on, none would fit his frame

Face skin too long and narrow

A simple smile and it would break down the middle

Shoulder and arm skin too broad

It fit like a coat

Stomach skin so vast from obesity it touched the ground as he stood

Leg skin so potentially constricting the skin bursts before he could put his whole limb of flesh in



Years and years he would spend trying on skins

He found several generic matches, but there were still too many subtle difficulties

Toes, fingers, crotch, facial features, running

He felt he would never find one that truly fit,



Until he had circled the globe and was now looking at the back of his cottage

He walked upon it and didn't even recognize it

The door was open and welcoming, so he went in to see what he could find.

He took two steps inside and noticed a door to the right

There was a bedroom

In the bed he saw skin

He had a special feeling about it as he stared upon it

He put it on

It was a perfect fit

He had finally found the skin that fit like his very own did




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