{"sf1_id":1511213,"sf2_id":null,"title":"White Rabbit/How, A Poem","author":"DrRayneBell","words":179,"posted_at":"2019-11-08T23:45:00.000Z","tags":["HOW","Poetry","White Rabbit","literature"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1511213-white-rabbit-how-a-poem","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/view/1511213","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=1511213\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"#13 of Poetry c.2019\n\nA very complex poem about the complex nature of people's direct/indirect influence over us and how we adapt to the strife and torment these things can bring. An updated version of the same piece which was released in the Late Springtime of this year, 2019 in the Common Era.","content":"White Rabbit/How, A Poem\n\n* * *\n\nThey say that\u0026nbsp;you were born,  \nin some\u0026nbsp;lab that you despise;  \ntinctures of your scorn,  \ndark red like old bowties.  \n  \n\"How did you sleep?\"  \n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\"How do you feel?\"\n\nHow very, very deep,  \nwill this paint peel?\n\nWalls run away at night,  \ndreaming of a dream,  \nwhere they, too, might,  \nwake up and not scream.\n\n\"How will\u0026nbsp;you hum?\"  \n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\"How can you sing?\"\n\nThis creature\u0026nbsp;that is dumb?  \nThis bad and raw thing?\n\nHow can a child grow,  \nin such a bright place,  \nwhere the sun is as snow,  \non a pale-white face?\n\nHow is a woman taught,  \nat the age of eight,  \nthat her love is bought,  \nwith false hope and hate?\n\nHow is she made to be,  \nin someone's game of pretend,  \nthat ended on a plea,  \nto break and not to bend?\n\nBrought up to bear,  \nthe weight of a cross;  \na fresh needle to share,  \na profound state of loss.\n\nThe clone of an act,  \nwith only one part;  \nunwieldy and sacrosanct -  \nand devoid of a heart.\n\n  \n  \n\n"}