even success turns out to be another nick in the rock a handhold to propel us Read "the climb" by Corbett Buchly and other poems in new chapbook "W/Make" out by Bottlecap Press.
Read "the climb" and other poems in my chapbook "W/Make" out by Bottlecap Press.
Purchase here: bottlecap.press/products/wma...
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A black nonbinary individual wearing glasses and a striped blue shirt (me, the author) sits in front of a grassy area.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7gnpjlvia77kuaqx3ipaab7m/bafkreibafj4ouywhe5mgi4tcrd43wz5gznv6flaozy2x5ujb2v2dyka4c4)
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Title: My Little Hyena
Poem:
I see your red light
Stop sign
Painting danger everywhere
Especially in failing
Falling
Where I care to stand
You are my little hyena
Always scaring away the stranger
Always more afraid
Than they know
Your spots lie
You are my pet
A feral thing
I never could control
Now I look for peace
A gentle embrace
Realize I must look
Inward
Let go
See green
A deep emerald sea
Release my hyena
Let it wander back
On the steps of real danger
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Title: Poems I Shouldn’t Write
Subtitle: Poems
Author: Sojourner Davidson
A black individual with short hair and glasses (me, the author) stares broodingly at a bouquet of flowers.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7gnpjlvia77kuaqx3ipaab7m/bafkreibtz5fj7awvhbndlcqmdfq6ixq4awclhx7yxtxgkgl75efpryeem4)
