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It's easier to generalize a century than it is to generalize a day.
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Wildwomen
I borrowed a horse last Thursday to hunt the Wildwoman. He was tall and painted hungry; She’d borrowed time, then disappeared.
I could not bend to pick the rocks. The horse kept kicking dusty circles. ‘Round the barn, the Wildwoman crept in boots that used to be mine.
We didn’t see Her till the last three barrels, where She sprouted from the grit between my fingers to silence shouting hands.
Winding down sore muscles, drawing ankles to earth, She traced my body before darting up my spine - straight line from heels, to hips, to Crown.
And in the half-breath the horse spied hay and tried to throw me from the saddle, She
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Broken Respite (tw)
“Where does this all end for you?” Elizabeth asked as they sat on her fire escape drinking separate cups of tea.
The Mirror King took a long drag of his cigarillo and immediately blew the smoke out without taking the time to taste it.
“In my throne room. Resplendent. Faithless courtiers currying for favor, pretending they didn’t do the same for my usurper. Training my brother’s replacement, after I murder him for never stepping in. Expanding my power so no one ever forgets what really happened once the deposed king regained his throne.”
His tone was unreadable. All at the same time it sounded hopeful, bi
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On The Threshold of Creation
Daughter of Hecate,
I was born upon the threshold
of one year and the next:
a tiny earthen creature,
awash in a sea of stars.
Too late did I remember
Capricorn is the goat with
the tail of a fish,
and perhaps my legs were never meant
to tread upon the earth.
I've heard tell
that Saturn is the harshest master,
and will never be satisfied
by words alone.
In the beginning I was sure-footed
as the goat who glitters in stars above me,
ideas sprung full-grown from my head,
as Athena born from Zeus
Too late do I recall
that prophecy foretold,
Zeus' own creation
would surpass even him.
I'm still trying to puzzle out
whether my own creation
will
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