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I said I want to defy gravity
but practically,
what does that look like?
Well.
Let’s make a list of the facts:
I became a witch, which very few humans ever do.
I trained more witches,
then
I let a dragon eat them.
I ate a night
and did nothing with its life.
I ruled
a city
then the people
rebelled.
I exiled myself
to sipping snow.
A spirit
possessed me for about eight days
and I came the closest to dying
I had for centuries.
So
with my
recovering health
I think
it’s time
I find out
where the strings of fate
are leading me
so I can do
not that.
then I’ll lie in wait
for karma to strike me back in line
and seize it by whatever limbs it has
before it makes me do anything.
Then I’ll
dissect it,
brew its innards in a cup
and drink it
to find out where it lives
by the fortunes it leaves
on my tongue
then I will
visit its house
and invite the neighbors,
those things like
justice
mercy
and do-good-ery-dong-dumbs
then I’ll boil their skins
to stitch up a pair of wings
and use their teeth
to make a compass
pointing toward destiny.
Then I’ll
hunt down
the fate strings
and tangle them in knots
and burn the ends off
to leave all futures unwritten
and all pasts forgotten
so all blame is knifeless
then
I’ll sit there
in the stars
or wherever we are
and fill up
the darkness between
with all sorts of happiness
like
peace
and contentment,
nice food
and entertainment,
deep conversations
with dragons
and a city
I could keep as my own.
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#transprotagonist at a time like this
Jordyn Saelor 