{"sf1_id":359506,"sf2_id":"GnDrJxXe","title":"The Why of Werefoxes","author":"Werefox Inari Sachi","words":217,"posted_at":"2012-03-31T06:55:00.000Z","tags":["Fox","Philosophy","Poetry","Transformation","Werefox"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/359506-the-why-of-werefoxes","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/GnDrJxXe","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/03/2f/032ff0e5-9779-4250-925f-2b3f68d75034","description":"Foxes and wolves... They're not the same creature, despite the silhouette.\nYet, I've picked up aspects of both--I think we all are a little bit of a fox hiding behind a wolf, to be honest--if you'll pardon me being a bit cryptic.","content":"Let's face it--in spite of all our noblest gestures\n\nWe masterminds invented black and white,\n\nAnd fooled the greatest minds--our own.\n\nI muse upon this as I look out through the Trickter's eyes.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nIf white on white on white is our world\n\nHow then is it that we embrace black?\n\nAmorality, essence of existance--\n\nI shrink back from assumption, assume your form.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nEven the finest beast revels in his own success.\n\nIt often comes at the expense of a mouse.\n\nIt skitters about, and I play with it between my paws:\n\nFreshly burst from delicate hands.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nYet another world we do not explore--\n\nThe realm of scent, a discarded memoir\n\nWhat a noxious beast, that wears such beauteuous and vivid colors.\n\nIt seems we only use 'that' in disdain for our world now.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nGrowing sleek, smaller, meek\n\nSize is not a mark of the weak.\n\nEnraptured, I disassemble truths\n\nExploring every possibility.\n\nMy stature makes it a thing of ease for me.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe curiosity: precociousness of this beast,\n\nIs so very dear.\n\nThe angles, the curves,\n\nThat bloom of ears and tail,\n\nThe arrow point of that flattened head,\n\nIt all says \"direction\" to me.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nQuizzically, I hide my gender, my intentions,\n\nMy life and deeds...\n\nMy human face...\n\nBehind you.\n\n  \n  \n\n"}