Squid/SS poem

[valis2]

Character: SS/Squid.
Rating: R
Warning: Bit o' violent imagery. Just a bit.
Het, Slash, or Gen: Er...Het, though it is between a squid and a man. Nothing sexual, just yearning.
Description: The squid has always wondered about Severus, has watched and waited. It's a rewrite of an Anne Sexton poem.


With profuse apologies to Anne Sexton, from whom I stole it and mangled it beyond belief.

Squid/SS poem
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I have swam out, a possessed squid,
haunting the black waters, braver at night;
dreaming love, I have done my dance
over the Merpeople, light by light:
lonely thing, twelve-tentacled, out of mind.
A squid like that is not a squid, quite.
I have been her kind.

I have found the warm caves in the lake,
filled them with his sighs, his dark desires,
the tears that do not spill from his black eyes;
watched as he stood still and defeated:
shivering, rearranging loyalties.
A man like that is misunderstood.
I know his kind.

I have known him from afar,
waved my tentacles while he goes by,
learning the last bright thoughts, survivor
where flames still bite at him
and his ribs crack as they behold the truth.
A man like that is not ashamed to die.
I have worshipped his kind.
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Originally posted here in privatemaladict's journal.
Find the original here. It's one of my favorites and certainly doesn't deserve to host a squid, though it does qualify as odd.

Comments

[josanpq.livejournal.com]

A man like that is not ashamed to die.
I have worshipped his kind.

Okay...I teared up here. Not much for poetry as sylvanwitch will tell you, but this is something that I can like.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Aw, that's so sweet. It's really Anne Sexton's, but it seemed to fit so beautifully that I couldn't resist. Thank you so much, you've really made my evening! *hugs*

[josanpq.livejournal.com]

Had to go and look up Anne Sexton. Sigh. Are there any American female poets who didn't commit suicide?

(And you had bloody well like her for more than her 'confessional style'. I don't mind depression, but I would be very very displeased with you if you decided to behave as these other females poets. Maybe you should move to Canada. We don't treat our poets any better, but Canada Council does fork out money.)

[valis2.livejournal.com]

*snort* Not only do most people not like poetry--but it turns out that fandom doesn't even like poetry! *laughs*

I'll just be dabbling in the corner. I don't have poetry in my bones or anything...just a desire to write something interesting once in a while.

*hugs* I'm still on a high from meeting you!!