This is very scary! There is a series of terrifying poems that I love that's unfortunately very scarce now, called "The Strangers" by Kristine Ong Muslim, and I think your poem here would get along swimmingly with them!
That is the legend of the skinwalker, yes. My understanding of it comes from the new mexico / nevada / arizona / utah areas where I’ve run around a bit
Literal belief says it can be a coyote, a bird, a spirit
My belief is that it probably wears a suit a lot of the time
Pretty sure if I read this out loud to my cat at night it would transform into Scarlet Johansson. 1000/10
This is very scary! There is a series of terrifying poems that I love that's unfortunately very scarce now, called "The Strangers" by Kristine Ong Muslim, and I think your poem here would get along swimmingly with them!
I love finding out about books this way. Thank you Peter I’ll see if I can dig it up!
“heavy in the paws like a hanged man” is fantastic. 💯
Thanks JJB!
Oooh. Fuck.
a cyan monster flower just for you
Can it shapeshift?
That is the legend of the skinwalker, yes. My understanding of it comes from the new mexico / nevada / arizona / utah areas where I’ve run around a bit
Literal belief says it can be a coyote, a bird, a spirit
My belief is that it probably wears a suit a lot of the time