Friday, November 1, 2019

Crisp Counsel

Jason Limberg
Used With Permission

Moon blood and urges
is the tea to create enemies.

In the cold season of heat
nothing matters but winning.

Be warned… Kinship won’t
keep me from bringing war.

©Susie Clevenger 2019




12 comments:

  1. Brothers are not always best friends; always vying for parental favor over the other and often coming to blows...as I experienced!

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  2. I love the alliterative title, Susie, and the way you’ve evoked a fraught situation. A powerful metaphor for the current atmosphere in the world.

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  3. Oooh! Fabulous tone, here, Susie. Quite chilling.

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  4. I love the darkness and the chilling end

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  5. Oh my! I am certainly not going to insert myself in this whispered conversation! Well done, Susie.

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  6. Fighting words! I love the direction you took with this.

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  7. This brings to mind rutting season, when the deer can be brutal in their efforts to mate.

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  8. Oh... this is a dark reminder of what war can bring... reminds me of that terrible word, fratricide

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  9. Caribou females and males have antlers - this one is quite the warning and can be interpreted a few different ways when one considers this isn't necessarily males.

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  10. There's teeth in this, and reminder that nature has its bloody side, and its better not to forget it.

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