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Daily Deviation
November 10, 2011
Salem by *Hersoftestsoul
Featured by ikazon
Suggested by LadyofGaerdon
Literature Text
I.
the bright scarlet egg of dawn
nests in my head.
when it is time, it will crack my
skull like a shell
and be born.
II.
I have a witch's fingers and a
witch's eyes, rough pewter lenses
through which I see the world.
I have sabotaged their crops,
I have plagued their children,
I have eaten their livestock in the night
(so they say)
and I hear the whispers in the streets.
they will be willing to kill
for their conviction, though
I am not willing to die for it.
III.
I am no longer human.
I've been branded
with an ugly mark
of fear and desperation,
one terse syllable that cuts
like a switch.
IV.
a thin reddish line splits the horizon;
I set my ribs on hinges
so they can get to my heart.
a damp wooden platform,
a rough rope necklace—
I am not a Spartan
carried home on his shield.
this is not an honourable death.
the bright scarlet egg of dawn
nests in my head.
when it is time, it will crack my
skull like a shell
and be born.
II.
I have a witch's fingers and a
witch's eyes, rough pewter lenses
through which I see the world.
I have sabotaged their crops,
I have plagued their children,
I have eaten their livestock in the night
(so they say)
and I hear the whispers in the streets.
they will be willing to kill
for their conviction, though
I am not willing to die for it.
III.
I am no longer human.
I've been branded
with an ugly mark
of fear and desperation,
one terse syllable that cuts
like a switch.
IV.
a thin reddish line splits the horizon;
I set my ribs on hinges
so they can get to my heart.
a damp wooden platform,
a rough rope necklace—
I am not a Spartan
carried home on his shield.
this is not an honourable death.
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a revisitation of witch trials
edit: my seventh DLD! [link]
thank you all so much for your support.
edit #2: HOLY FUCKING CRUMPETS I got a DD!!! Thank you to for suggesting me.
edit: my seventh DLD! [link]
thank you all so much for your support.
edit #2: HOLY FUCKING CRUMPETS I got a DD!!! Thank you to for suggesting me.
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This is masterful and exquisite. Thank you for the piece, and congratulations on the DD, it couldn't have been given to a better piece.