Title: Sublimation
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Author's Note: Inspired by Sigmund Freud, of all people. In line with the Psychology course I am currently taking regarding Personality and according to Wikipedia, "In Freud's classic theory, erotic energy is allowed a limited amount of expression, due to constraints of human society. Freud considered this defense mechanism [sublimation] the most productive compared to the others... Sublimation is the process of transforming libido into "socially useful" achievements, mainly art."
One more victim, and then the memory would disappear. He was certain.
Gone would be the image of red berries pressed to her lips.
Down went another demon in the field's array of corpses. He paused, watching the poison's toxic fumes swirling at his claws.
No more thoughts of her savoring the sweet juices from her fingertips.
As looked at the expanse of bodies before him, he knew that this was not mindless destruction; he had a purpose.
Her image was already fading.
It was no masterpiece, and yet he was already becoming skilled in the art of forgetting her.