The Bullwhip
Basic stats:
Generally 8-10 ft long,
Leather (cow or kangaroo hide)
Cost varies by length (US $280-700)
This is the instrument of my choice tonight. It is distant, effective and painful. There is the crack of noise, heard after the leather has found its mark. Seductive. There is the pause, the welt forms almost instantly, angry and red. The skin parts in prickled areas or in a smooth slice along the mark, blood wells up…a tear drop of crimson that mirrors the clear, salty liquid that brims in the eyes of my target.
I raise the whip again. A second mark, a third. I continue until her body tenses at the simple swish of the leather in the air just before she knows I will crack it again. I look up at her scored back, a bloody and bruised reminder of the moment. Her breath comes in staggered heaves as I wind the whip into a loose circle in my grip, noting the trace remnants of her flesh and blood upon its tip.
I cut her down, kiss the top of her head and walk away.
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