History of Screams, No. 4: The Last Scream of a Locust

when a wasp clutches a locust in midflight and pierces it to paralyze it, the locust’s scream harrows the ears. eardrums are clawed by the screaming going on and on

until the locust is borne down to ground and the wasp injects its eggs into the living cocoon of the locust

now the locust is a nest for eggs next the larvae eat the locust alive new adult wasps crawl out the locust’s carapace the cycle repeats itself. . . the screams go on and on

screams crawl under your skin screams eat you alive new screams cry out your mouth the cycle repeats itself the screams go on and on