{"sf1_id":904813,"sf2_id":"JewEAzXn","title":"Debt | by KitsuneJey","author":"KitsuneJey","words":360,"posted_at":"2015-08-30T17:04:00.000Z","tags":["KitsuneJey","Poem","free verse","narrative"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/904813-debt-by-kitsunejey","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/JewEAzXn","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/30/2c/302ccde4-777c-4940-bf15-2e8912ba09f3","description":"\"Illusions build our world, / Meant to enslave us with its lies. /\nAny better way to battle / Than the fire against the fire?\"\n\n\n\nInspired on Debt,\nan Artwork by Vye D. Aru.","content":"**Debt (A Poem)**\n\nby **KitsuneJey**\n\n_\"What's this stuff?\" you just ask,_\n\n_In the middle of the night,_\n\n_To the fox who's working now,_\n\n_Taking most of after hours._\n\n_\"Please, come here,\" I reply._\n\n_\"There is room for you and me._\n\n_Do not mind the lack of chairs._\n\n_On the table you can sit.\"_\n\n_\"What's this stuff?\" you repeat,_\n\n_While you sit beside of me._\n\n_\"That is not your purchase ledger_\n\n_You got pending from last week.\"_\n\n_\"That can wait,\" I tell you._\n\n_\"Got another things to do._\n\n_Just a couple of short stories,_\n\n_And translating a new book.\"_\n\n_\"You got paid?\" you observe._\n\n_\"Living cost now skyrockets,_\n\n_And paychecks are not enough_\n\n_For the bills you have ignored.\"_\n\n_\"Just relax,\" I ask you._\n\n_\"It's not even end of month._\n\n_There're things much more important_\n\n_Than my current daytime job.\"_\n\n_\"Oh, you writers!\" you just laugh._\n\n_\"You are such a hopeless case.\"_\n\n_And then you pat my shoulder_\n\n_While you smile before my face._\n\n_\"Seems that you\" I begin,_\n\n_\"Understand the things I'm doing._\n\n_You ask often for my writing,_\n\n_And not much for other duties.\"_\n\n_\"For all these other duties,_\n\n_You're not showing the same passion,\"_\n\n_You tell me, now concerned._\n\n_\"That's not going to call compassion.\"_\n\n_\"I don't care,\" I protest._\n\n_\"Narratives have saved me_\n\n_From the bitterness of life_\n\n_That put people on their knees.\"_\n\n_\"Without this, my dear friend,\"_\n\n_I continue to tell you,_\n\n_\"I'd abandon inner homes_\n\n_That protect both me and truth._\n\n_»Illusions build our world,_\n\n_Meant to enslave us with its lies._\n\n_Any better way to battle_\n\n_Than the fire against the fire?_\n\n_»Remember too, my dear friend,_\n\n_That narratives are our beacons_\n\n_That help us to find each other_\n\n_In lives that hide their reasons.\"_\n\n_\"Love that, but don't forget_\n\n_Some groceries for this table,\"_\n\n_You encourage me with a smile._\n\n_\"You might starve before that paper.\"_\n\n_\"First things first,\" I request._\n\n_\"Got scenes that need some care_\n\n_And some rhythm full of life_\n\n_That assist to pay my debt.\"_\n\n  \n\n© **KitsuneJey (JNC)**, August 22 of 2015.  \nInspired on **Debt** , an Artwork by **Vye D. Aru**.  \nCaracas, Venezuela. | All Rights Reserved.\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Poetry","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/703253-hitchhike-talks-by-kitsunejey.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1171731-afternoon-by-kitsunejey.json"}}