Grotesque | Shannon Eberhard
The only truly grotesque moment I can think of was a few years ago. Walking down a crowded street with a friend on the way to a café, while turning a corner I ran into a man without a nose.
There were no scars or holes in the void, at least not that I remember. It had been freshly removed and was oozing clots of blood. I could see pink cartilage poking out from the bloody void and red bubbles where air once passed. But that was not the think that scared me most. It was his eyes. They were wide, surprised and looking into mine, and he was moaning.
Without thinking, my friend pulled me behind the closest doors and leaned up against them. He was gone like that. Looking back I think that I should have helped him somehow, only an accident or torture could have caused that. At the time though, it was just too awful, to grotesque for me to comprehend, and my first instinct was to make it disappear.
There were no scars or holes in the void, at least not that I remember. It had been freshly removed and was oozing clots of blood. I could see pink cartilage poking out from the bloody void and red bubbles where air once passed. But that was not the think that scared me most. It was his eyes. They were wide, surprised and looking into mine, and he was moaning.
Without thinking, my friend pulled me behind the closest doors and leaned up against them. He was gone like that. Looking back I think that I should have helped him somehow, only an accident or torture could have caused that. At the time though, it was just too awful, to grotesque for me to comprehend, and my first instinct was to make it disappear.
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2 Comments:
I'm getting grossed out just reading about this-- I can't imagine actually seeing it! If I were in that situation, I think I would react in a similar way to you: just stare and wonder.
Oh wow. Tha is sad and horrific, and at the same time - grotesque. As I was reading it, I really wanted to know how he had gotten it (I actually read back to see if you had seen him in a hospital) because I was think the exact same thing as you, only a severe accident or torture could have cause that. I'm not sure how I would have reacted if were in the same circumstance as you.
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