the hungry look,
the wolves
weaving through
and around
the gully of your throat like wraiths,
we can feel you rusting, lost one;
i know that drainpipes and fenders
begin to crackle after winter wet
and that there’s a touch of snow
in all of us,
but no one,
no one could hold you as tightly as you do,
your whole body, bloodless in this arrest,
and if you will not let your fetters show
i will show you
there’s a place for going, and you haven’t gone there yet;
where quantum particles, once in contact, can retain a connection
even when separated
where you
wander up to a stranger
with your shirt inside-out
and say &lsq
A Message To the President of the Insurrectionist Nation Erroneously Titled "Panem":
This is United Nations Space Command "Smart" Artificial Intelligence PNY-31-305, "Penny", logistical and tactical support unit for the UNSC Phoenix-Class ship "Brave New Horizon". This message is a warning; as of 2200 Hours Ship Time, 1930 Planetary, your nation, in accordance with UNSC Regulation B559A, has been labled as an Inssurectionist state, and an enemy of the UNSC for crimes against humanity and the UNSC itself. As such, in accordance with tied-Regulation B559B, the Horizon has full clearance to use whatever means necessary to bring you to heel.
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