New poem: Hutch of Were

poetry/h/hutch_of_were.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+Hutch of Were
+2023-04-05
+
+***
+
+Wind advisory
+this evening,
+tearing through the trees.
+Blizzard comes to reave
+the branches, depositing
+them at my bedroom window
+like a bird's offering.
+
+Long the hours grow.
+Snow-hued fingertips
+from nails too short to pierce skin
+under pressure, digging in,
+will soon be overtaken
+by claws the hue of what would flow
+if my nails were any length grown.
+If your eyes are nebulas,
+then earthly suns are in my scleras,
+red giants sliced through the middle to get to the core.
+Miracle the sheets haven't been torn
+to shreds yet, so many curved blades
+that could readily eviscerate
+but lie relaxed, tail curled around my legs.
+Rib cage aches
+right above both sides of my waist.
+When the ribbons fully overtake,
+two more limbs will be there to support my weight.
+
+"Your daughter is a polymorph
+with two known alternate forms.
+There is no cure and not yet a treatment.
+The state
+mandates
+she either accept indefinite time sedate
+or the highest security of imprisonment.
+I'm sorry. I know
+you wanted to take her home."
+
+Had to take the check from the IRS
+I'd rather have spent on things more frivolous
+and wire sensors near my room for security
+somehow without my parents knowing.
+Knock on my door after early warning,
+shifted back before doorknob
+is gazed on.
+I've never had to pay attention
+to mindfulness, but now dampened
+emotions will save me from a prison.
+
+Suffer from the State, or hide
+in the confines
+of your room all the time,
+or be put in a coma for the rest of your life.
+
+Damn fate
+is the same.
+
+Close my eyes and let the ribbons overtake.
+Roll off the bed, stand before moonlit mirror.
+There's a monster on the other side. And I want to know her.
+
+***
+
+CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (c) Vane Vander

poetry/index.gmi

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 => h/hotdog.txt	hotdog
 => h/home.txt	You Can't Go Home Again
 => h/hyperloop.txt	Hyperloop
+=> h/hutch_of_were.txt	Hutch of Were
 
 ## I
 => i/irantaj.txt	irantaj, irantaj, irinta

poetry/index.gph

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ iH
 0hotdog	h/hotdog.txt
 0You Can't Go Home Again	h/home.txt
 0Hyperloop	h/hyperloop.txt
+0Hutch of Were	h/hutch_of_were.txt
 
 iI	
 0irantaj, irantaj, irinta	i/irinta.txt

poetry/index.html

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 	│   ├── <a href="./h/hoarding.txt">hoarding.txt</a><br>
 	│   ├── <a href="./h/home.txt">home.txt</a><br>
 	│   ├── <a href="./h/hotdog.txt">hotdog.txt</a><br>
+	│   ├── <a href="./h/hutch_of_were.txt">hutch_of_were.txt</a><br>
 	│   └── <a href="./h/hyperloop.txt">hyperloop.txt</a><br>
 	├── <a href="./header.gph">header.gph</a><br>
 	├── <a href="./i/">i</a><br>
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+24 directories, 152 files
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