Poem #2

 Eating Franny

Toasty hot roast

Soy sauce

Rice vinegar

Celtic sea salt

She lived with us

For about two years

Whispy white hair

Ornery and stubborn

Dangerous curled horns

Not a tooth in her face.

She got in a fight

With Snowflake once

And nearly died.

Mom packed salve into

The jagged wound in her chest

And Franny pulled through

Out of sheer toughness.

She was a durable goat.

After the injury,

Franny was friendlier to humans.

She would lick your hands

Like a puppy.

Yesterday

Our Jewish neighbor came

With a sheetrock knife

He held Franny down and

Cut

Off

Her

Head

The Kosher way.

I eat

Deer

Cow

Chicken

Sometimes pork

So why is it so hard

Fork to mouth

Chew thoroughly

Swallow

How can she be gone

When it feels like

She is trying to climb

Up my throat?

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I've been trying to put Ultramaryne on a separate page, but so far It has been too hard. 

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Poem #1

All right, the moment everyone has been waiting for! I'm releasing my poems in no particular order. If you would like to (constructively) criticize, share a poem of your own, or just say hi, feel free to do so in the comments!

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Ultramaryne: The End.

Sorry about my fuzzy scanner.

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Ultramaryne: Chapter 12.5

Epilogue next Sunday!

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Ultramaryne: Chapter 12

Ahhh, one final installment...!

Thank you for reading :)

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Ultramaryne: Poem #1

how to care for me

back and forth

back and forth

i swim

in this tank

it is only a little longer

and a little wider

than my body.

taped to my tank is

a yellow notepad

with blue lines:

• Suzy, while I'm gone I want you to feed Altsoba last so she gets a bit of interaction.
• Feed her three fish, twice a day – thawed, not frozen like the other test subject's.
  She's picky.
• You'll need to unlatch the grate over her tank to drop the fish in. I put it there
  because she keeps trying to escape.
• It's fine to put your hands in and around the tank while caring for Altsoba, as she is
  exponentially more docile than the other test subjects.
• Check the water filter for debris or blockages.
• Make sure the bubbler is working correctly.
• She's been listless lately, so if you have time, talk to her a bit. We think she might
  be depressed because we culled some low-functioning test subjects last week.
  If she seems down, try getting her to talk to you or read to her. (There should be a
  crate of picture books in the cabinet below her tank.) Even five minutes should
  help.
• Call me or leave a note on my desk if you have any trouble.

P.S. There is a first-aid cabinet by the door of Altsoba's unit – not that you'll need

it, it's just a handy thing to know.

back and forth

back and forth

i swim

in this tank

it is only a little longer

and a little wider

than my body.

Thank you for reading :)

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Ultramaryne: Chapter 11.5

Thank all ya'lls for reading :)

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Ultramaryne: Chapter 11

 

Thank you for your patience!

I think there may be one chapter after this, then an epilogue.

 

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Ultramaryne: Chapter 10.5

Hey! Celebrating 200 
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