Last night, a family experienced a looping convergence of tick dreams, spiraling iterations emerging from the psychic navel
Mother saw the tick with the gear-marks on its back, beached like a whale on the edge of the estate's central retention pond
Father felt the sucking of the fist-sized tick on his back and felt his skin orgasm and soften, embracing its passenger, providing refuge
Brother sat side-saddle on the herd's tick runt on the ash plains, his eyes protected by name-brand athletic goggles
Sister's hot tick sandwiches provided a free and nutritious lunch to schoolchildren experiencing poverty
Rapid boil ticks in hydrogen peroxide