{"sf1_id":1347824,"sf2_id":"YnLaYXZ1","title":"Beneath her coat was a whole identity","author":"makyo","words":122,"posted_at":"2018-07-01T21:50:00.000Z","tags":["Experimental","Poetry"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1347824-beneath-her-coat-was-a-whole-identity","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/YnLaYXZ1","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/6f/34/6f344144-4daa-4abb-a572-2f607f036ea3","description":"#10 of Poetry\n\n1st place winner of the Typewriter Emergencies poetry contest","content":"Beneath her coat was a whole identity:  \nA subtle form of ideas under soft fur,  \nA constantly shifting mass of meaning...  \nAnd somehow, she pulled it off.  \n  \nShe would go for days without shedding a thing,  \nAnd then, as if a bottle rolling off a counter,  \nShe would shatter, sending shards of self flying,  \nAnd then we'd all see.  \n  \nThen we'd all see the terror, the joy,  \nThen we'd all see the grief at nothing,  \nThen we'd all hear her say,  \n\"I'm not built for a life with death in it.\"  \n  \nAnd slowly, she'd pick herself back up  \nAnd find a brand new way to piece herself together  \nAnd build herself a brand new smile  \nAnd brush out her coat once more.  \n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Poetry","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1347771-growth.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1710572-pale-she.json"}}