Creature


It appears the night before a night of rain

In the space between seasons

Between deep night and the dawning of new day.



Mythologised misinformation

Assumption born fear and altercation

This is a you thing

A me thing

A timeless thing

Of beating hearts and bloodied hopes

Of threat and excess

Restraint and dogged desire.



A creature of prejudice

Wild and refined

A mirage in concrete existence

Collecting artefacts and lives.



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