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Heart of the Hunt
Half alive and tethered
With adrenaline and feathers
Breathing ventilated approval
In your taxidermy shelter
Love Leviathan
Merciless and sparce
Gluing teeth and claws
In the musty dark
Glassy eyes of make believe
I've hung too long to manifest
Or transcend the shape you've left me in
I am a creature of artifice
With adrenaline and feathers
Breathing ventilated approval
In your taxidermy shelter
Love Leviathan
Merciless and sparce
Gluing teeth and claws
In the musty dark
Glassy eyes of make believe
I've hung too long to manifest
Or transcend the shape you've left me in
I am a creature of artifice
Published 25th Dec 2020
Author's Note
Looking back on one of the young loves of my life and how utterly helpless and sad I felt. He and his dad were both hunters.
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6th May 2021 6:49pm
Thank you so much. I'm sorry I was late with my response. Appreciate the support.
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6th May 2021 6:53pm
Absolutely beautiful way to say that. Those dried roses. They just get stronger. Thank you so much Rian. You are brilliantly gifted yourself, so that compliment means the world...
