{"sf1_id":1722084,"sf2_id":"Vm2KJl0n","title":"How To Howl - A Poem","author":"Owletron","words":189,"posted_at":"2021-05-25T20:01:00.000Z","tags":["Bad Language","Poem","Poetry","Rhyme","SFW","Wolf"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1722084-how-to-howl-a-poem","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/Vm2KJl0n","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/cd/d6/cdd68346-07e7-4bce-ab80-16f31355576a","description":"#3 of Scrapbook\n\nInspired by the Rare Americans song, Milk Man","content":"Howling for the sake\n\nNot to talk or to take\n\nBut to feel a bit of soul flow\n\nFree from the column\u0026nbsp;and row\n\nOf the spreadsheets that say\n\nNo, you must play this play\n\nAct the act\n\nForm this pack, this pact\n\nWant\u0026nbsp;_this_\u0026nbsp;that, not\u0026nbsp;_that_\n\nHowl not for regret or nostalgia\n\nOr to get the lines meant for ya\n\nBut to be present\n\nFor one second\n\nYour mind a mile a minute but you just can't help it\n\nSo you sit with your head up to the sky and you use it\n\nForget the shit\n\nNothing to do but face the fact\n\nThat nothing ever gets to last\n\nThat this too shall pass.\n\n  \n\nYou an' your lazy ass\n\nWhat the fuck, just get it right, right?\n\nThat's what _they_\u0026nbsp;think, in all their might\n\nBut what they don't get\n\nIs there ain't no prophet\n\nTo tell dry from sopping wet\n\nTo tell God from wolf from pet--\n\nTo tell when you're your own net,\n\nThat you're your own\u0026nbsp;_they_\n\nThe straw-man made from clay.\n\n  \n\nA howl is instinctual.\n\nIts meaning miniscule.\n\nBut ultimately you gotta laugh.\n\nBecause the howl's all you have.\n\n  \n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Poet try","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1701157-the-sex-scene-a-poem.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1747568-hands-paws-a-poem.json"}}