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smokingbootLonger version with note and explanation here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/smokingboot/p/maybe-you-didnt-stay-long-enough?r=1r9jj7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
But short and to the point, I remembered this today:
The Witch
No cauldron crafter, gatherer of herbs,
No broomstick, poppets, pumpkin by the door.
I am that time the clouds looked upside down,
The quizzical expression of a stranger,
The message for you chalked on a pavement
When you remembered what was going to happen.
I am what rolled the escalator backwards,
Graffiti at the bus station deserted,
Giving you directions before you blinked,
Found yourself atop a rodeo steer, blinked again,
Passport checked, flying to another country.
I am a scrabble tile for no word ever.
I am the wiring in this elevator.
The city in the tesseract and its guide,
Storm of the air, sand whirling in the heart.
A voice will say, 'we don’t know what this is
so til we do, best call it a witch.'
But you know better when you hear my name
among the murmurations on the wind.
https://open.substack.com/pub/smokingboot/p/maybe-you-didnt-stay-long-enough?r=1r9jj7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
But short and to the point, I remembered this today:
The Witch
No cauldron crafter, gatherer of herbs,
No broomstick, poppets, pumpkin by the door.
I am that time the clouds looked upside down,
The quizzical expression of a stranger,
The message for you chalked on a pavement
When you remembered what was going to happen.
I am what rolled the escalator backwards,
Graffiti at the bus station deserted,
Giving you directions before you blinked,
Found yourself atop a rodeo steer, blinked again,
Passport checked, flying to another country.
I am a scrabble tile for no word ever.
I am the wiring in this elevator.
The city in the tesseract and its guide,
Storm of the air, sand whirling in the heart.
A voice will say, 'we don’t know what this is
so til we do, best call it a witch.'
But you know better when you hear my name
among the murmurations on the wind.
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Date: 2025-12-01 10:41 am (UTC)