Gasoline
by Kathryn Hobson
Gasoline
Now blue pinstripe suits and facial hair. He was obsessed with making sure she knew he was a man. His teeth were replaced with implants. “Disgusting,” he would chide. No more incessant pleasure from a pain that only comes when skin gets stuck someplace it shouldn’t.
Renee is sutured at the center —thick stitches stretching to contain entrails exploding from the casing of her body.