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I wrote a poem again.

And, well… this one crawled out of a considerably darker corner of the basement.

It deals with fascism, genocide, dehumanisation, violence, death, and some other subjects that really ought to come with a warning label and a small cup of tea. Hence the CW for this post...

I do like that poem. Quite a lot, actually.

Writing it was cathartic. Sometimes the things that fester in your head need to be dragged into the light, given a name, and made to sit quietly on the page instead.

Whether I publish it is another question.

I’m still deciding whether this particular little monster belongs in public, or whether it should remain locked in the cupboard where I keep the other things I write when the world gets particularly unbearable.

I'll give you one small look:

We are not your citizens.
We are not your subjects.
We are what you get
when the hunted grow teeth.

What do you think?
🖤

#Poetry #DarkPoetry #PoliticalPoetry #AntiFascist #NeverAgain #QueerPoetry #WritingAsCatharsis #WordsMatter

I wrote a poem again.

And, well… this one crawled out of a considerably darker corner of the basement.

It deals with fascism, genocide, dehumanisation, violence, death, and some other subjects that really ought to come with a warning label and a small cup of tea. Hence the CW for this post...

I do like that poem. Quite a lot, actually.

Writing it was cathartic. Sometimes the things that fester in your head need to be dragged into the light, given a name, and made to sit quietly on the page instead.

Whether I publish it is another question.

I’m still deciding whether this particular little monster belongs in public, or whether it should remain locked in the cupboard where I keep the other things I write when the world gets particularly unbearable.

I'll give you one small look:

We are not your citizens.
We are not your subjects.
We are what you get
when the hunted grow teeth.

What do you think?
🖤

#Poetry #DarkPoetry #PoliticalPoetry #AntiFascist #NeverAgain #QueerPoetry #WritingAsCatharsis #WordsMatter

I wrote a poem again.

And, well… this one crawled out of a considerably darker corner of the basement.

It deals with fascism, genocide, dehumanisation, violence, death, and some other subjects that really ought to come with a warning label and a small cup of tea. Hence the CW for this post...

I do like that poem. Quite a lot, actually.

Writing it was cathartic. Sometimes the things that fester in your head need to be dragged into the light, given a name, and made to sit quietly on the page instead.

Whether I publish it is another question.

I’m still deciding whether this particular little monster belongs in public, or whether it should remain locked in the cupboard where I keep the other things I write when the world gets particularly unbearable.

I'll give you one small look:

We are not your citizens.
We are not your subjects.
We are what you get
when the hunted grow teeth.

What do you think?
🖤

#Poetry #DarkPoetry #PoliticalPoetry #AntiFascist #NeverAgain #QueerPoetry #WritingAsCatharsis #WordsMatter