{"sf1_id":1260446,"sf2_id":"dmB8Vky1","title":"What's With the Tail","author":"Quillhog","words":199,"posted_at":"2017-11-08T12:30:00.000Z","tags":["Poem","Poetry","Tail"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1260446-what-s-with-the-tail","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/dmB8Vky1","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/d2/8e/d28ebe0f-dad1-41d3-a247-697d8685e1ea","description":"#1 of Poetry\n\nWritten for Halloween 2017.","content":"So I was walking about downtown,   \nambling easy as I looked around,\n\nAnd I hear behind me chuckling, muttering,   \ncrude discussion till they're uttering,\n\n\"Hey loser, what's with the tail?\"\n\nWhat's ... **_with_**... the tail?\n\nNow I'm not somebody looking for trouble in the shadows,   \nbut I was walking the alleys on the eve of all hallows\n\nThe insult was rude, but I wasn't furious;   \nthe question was real, though the asking was spurious.\n\nI knew they weren't looking for an answer to their question,   \nbut the rider on my shoulder had a devious suggestion:\n\nWhat's with the mist on a cool autumn night;   \ndancing like devils in the pale moonlight?\n\nWhat's with the shadows wrapping closely around you;   \nmarking the territory where the darkness has found you?\n\nWhat's with the echoes pealing off the walls,   \ngrasping at existence before their ghostly falls?\n\nWhat's with the fear swirling about,   \nits maleficent odor stinging my snout?\n\nWhat's with the drop of your confident stance;   \ndoubting the wisdom of your comment, by chance?\n\nWhat's with the moon in its clouded cowl,   \nbegging for notice and a friendly howl?\n\nSo the question again, from beginning to end,   \n\"What's **_with_** the tail?\"\n\nMe.\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Poetry","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1260628-quillhog.json"}}