NEW POETRY PAMPHLET
HEY!
Your next newsletter is coming pretty soon but before that I'm sending this to announce that I've released my first pamphlet/chapbook of poetry! It's a project I've been working on for a little while now and I hope you enjoy! You can get it here: https://tayowole.gumroad.com/l/aerosol
As a little taster - here's a sneak peek of one of the poems:
THE MOTHMAN IS REAL
Glowing red aerosol
announces your existence,
bleeding down a faded wall.
You never were my favourite cryptid,
as a kid I preferred the chupacabra,
cloaked in darkness,
fangs drip from the feasting,
hollowed shell left in its wake.
Did you know moths are biologically indistinguishable from butterflies?
What would they think if you were different?
If your depths of brown were filled with garish bright?
Would you be worshipped?
Maybe if you walked different,
talked different,
if you were eyes were piercing azure,
not seething crimson.
But why settle for the ways of a world that never wanted you?
I envy your dedication,
In the moments I waiver
you still cling to your aberrance,
sword, shield and cloak,
Is that enough to vanquish the loneliness?
I envy your imperceptibility,
How your name always comes with a question,
Absolution fades,
in the shadow of your wings,
I want to be you,
in your extant non-existence
maybe I'll find the power to hold.
Once again you can find the pamphlet here: https://tayowole.gumroad.com/l/aerosol
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