Smithereens Press Chapbooks 'Zero at the Bone' by David Wheatley | Page 15

SCENE THREE
MCALLISTER
[Scratching.] They’re biting.
MCDONALD
Your arms are like sandpaper.
MCALLISTER
A termite mound. [Points.] And as for below the equator…
MCDONALD
Your enemy has got you on the rocks.
MCALLISTER
The curse of the hairy blind worm strikes.
MCDONALD
The brown tail caterpillar has returned?
MCALLISTER
A plague. An infestation. Call it a sign.
MCDONALD
A judgement of the Lord.
MCALLISTER
You have been warned.
MCDONALD
The great mistake is to expose any skin.
Millions upon millions of tiny hooks
sinking in…
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