first hit - in the stomach. and  then in 
 the    neck.        lights     strobing 
         in    angel   patterns       
                                  
                              
                            
 body  broken, bleeding, kicked again and 
 again   (now  down  on  the   concrete), 
          ribs     cracked.           
                                   
                                 
                               
 consciousness    rerouted    into    the 
 escaping  blood. mixed with the  glow of 
 the  streetlights and carried away  into 
 the    hands    of    the    angel.     
                               
                                   
                                     
 she  lifts  her   cupped  hands  to  her 
 muzzle                 and    drinks.