Specimen
By
Bindi Lavelle
Cold sting of metal
Beneath the body
A shock to the skin
Waking the specimen
The heart beat increases
And breaths shorten
The familiar thrashing
When fear surges adrenalin
Blood pumping and eyes wide
The specimen tries to scream
The only expression they have
Disbelief as the tests continue
While the specimen has no lies
To soothe themselves with.
Bindi
Lavelle is a proud Wakka-Wakka woman, based in Meanjin
(Brisbane), Australia,where she lives with her cat Scully. She has worked
largely in non-fiction, having written for, Infernal Dreams, Horror Novel
Review, Impulse Gamer, and Fantasy Book Review, in addition to being a previous
Redlit finalist. Bindi is also a worker's rights advocate, Bindi has received
an Emma Miller award and
participated in the Anna Stewart memorial project. Bindi is an editor for
ibecomethebeast.com and is a lover of all things strange and unusual.