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.