Heya, 14fancycheer! I'm here to review, if you don't mind. I apologise in advance if this isn't very helpful - I'll just give a few of my thoughts and be on my way.
My reading comprehension skills aren't entirely up to scratch, but my first interpretation of this is that the main character basically sees humans - including himself - as monsters. Kind of like a "I'm a horrible person, but all humans are horrible people," kind of thing. That's what the last line means to me, at least.
So this obviously this is unedited and raw, but I think this could have benefited from a quick proofread, since there are (or were, when I first read it) a few small typos here and there that made it a bit confusing at times. You've edited the other typos already, but I believe there's one left:
Skin a sickly yellow and cooed in a glisening sheet of sweat.
That should be "covered in a glistening sheet" instead of "cooed in a glisening sheet", I assume.
This line:
Slipping his hand across the surface of his forehead and back through dark locks, Anthony glared at the reflective mirror.
... can be tightened up to:
Slipping his hand across his forehead and back through dark locks, Anthony glared at the mirror.
"the surface" is unnecessary since it's not like readers will assume he's dragging a hand across the insides of his forehead, and "reflective" is redundant since all mirrors are reflective - we don't need to be told that. When writing, it's best to omit unnecessary words so that the reader can process what you're trying to say faster and easier. It's especially important in a short piece like this; you want to make every word count.
The rest of the paragraph is as solid as it gets though, I think, so I have no problems with that. And I loooove how you described the main character. It's clear that his self-loathing has tainted the way he sees himself. And I especially love that you've described his eyes as "fragments of the sky" - I've never seen them described that way before.
Annnd yeah, I think that's all from me. Apologies, again, if this wasn't helpful at all. If anything I said was confusing, just point it out and I'll do my best to explain myself.
Thanks for the nice read, and I hope you have a nice day!
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