I am bound to these shores, I'll be bound till the end

[sovay]

My poem "Reap the Rules" has been accepted by Reckoning. It is my first sale to the journal; it is a particular honor that it was selected for the conflict-themed special issue It Was Paradise. I wrote it last summer after the U.S. strikes on Iran. It is a prayer dedicated in cuneiform to the oldest goddess I know in that region. The title is a mondegreen from Johnny Flynn and Robert Macfarlane's "Coins for the Eyes" (2022) which was about all I listened to while writing. Curse tablets do not seem to be going out of fashion any time soon.

I feel as though I remember to check out Festivids even less reliably than Yuletide, but this year has been a bonanza of which my socks-blown-off favorites look like "There Is No Ship" (Steerswoman), "ASSHOLE" (Looney Tunes), "Queen Bitch Cartagia" (Babylon 5), and "So It Goes" (Foundation). Honorable mentions to "It's a Sin" (Murderbot) even though I can't separate that song from Derek Jarman and "Hard Knock Life" (The Canopener Bridge) for introducing me to its fandom and perfectly illustrating the concept of storrowing.

My sleep has gone extraordinarily off the rails, but the snow in our back yard is criss-crossed with rabbit tracks. Hestia has broken three of the slats in my blinds in order to provide herself with a better view on Bird Theater.

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rabbits

[lauradi7dw]

My screen porch door is stuck open. This has been true since summer. I can't get it to budge and don't want to pay a handyperson to do what is probably a one-minute job. At any rate, some snow manages to blow through the screens onto the porch floor. I have rabbit tracks on the porch. That means they had to climb the steps to get there. I don't have any surveillance equipment, so I have to imagine the technique.

Having now typed "rabbits," I have to link to a short thing from 2020 (?) by Leslie Jordan (gone too soon).
https://youtube.com/shorts/WWIA2MjCrpg?si=NE8r3VDxHg54YNAZ

Re: rabbits

[sovay]

At any rate, some snow manages to blow through the screens onto the porch floor. I have rabbit tracks on the porch. That means they had to climb the steps to get there. I don't have any surveillance equipment, so I have to imagine the technique.

I think that's wonderful, honestly.