fraxiom
monkeying around
a little poetry thread
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an ode to dionysus: commentary on gender dysphoria, growth, and the god of wine.
pests: a reflection on shame and self-flagellation following a bereavement, and the treatment of grey squirrels as murderers to their more placid red counterparts
superstition: i don't like gnomes, and i have a lot of bad dreams.
in the beginning: a lot's happening here. frantic, disjointed lines follow a reflection on love as the first flame; fire destroys, after all, and as we traverse each sentence we find comforting imagery nested in with terror, death, and a fear of the future.
butterfly: the formatting for this one is sort of weird, but please bear with it! a quick explanation follows, but please read the poem first: butterfly ends with 'before i become another name on the list of the dead', and to reflect the ending the poem is written with two lines per word; like a forename and a surname.
a toast to magnetism: written for my boyfriend. one day, i might let him read it.
All the clubs where you stood alone,from the sidelines: a revelation i had one night in springtime as i watched my friends, whose lives have been wrought with sadness, dancing like they hadn't a care in the world. a message about healing, and listening, and the trust of strangers.