2024-01-04

poetry/c/corner-witch-2.txt

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+CORNER WITCH II
+2020-12-07
+
+***
+
+what would you lack
+had you a magic cloak
+that, come three twirls,
+would turn you into a bird black?
+
+the whole world would become my nest,
+and I would roam the world,
+never returning home,
+not even at parents' behest
+
+I wish that I could say
+that that would be the end of my problems,
+gaining mobility,
+that everything would then turn out okay:
+
+but I have not yet come to terms
+with the fact I have too much baggage,
+too many trinkets I would need to bring along,
+unless I wanted to shrink my whole world down to a single worm
+
+and while inside I may be an animal,
+divine creature begging to break through my skin,
+I must treat this body as human,
+lest I break down and become unwell
+
+***
+
+CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (c) Vane Vander