Avatar

Michael

@heijegerkannibal

My name is Michael and i draw sometimes👍

this poem is about being nonbinary.

Image description: Alternating lines of text are surrounded by dark blue-green boxes to differentiate two speakers. I have represented this by bolding those lines.

There is a werewolf in the town.

Is that bad?

There is a werewolf in the town.

I'll take that as a yes.

How do you suggest we resolve this?

Well, what exactly is the issue?

There is a werewolf in the town.

Yes, okay, I heard you the first time. Is the problem that he is sometimes a wolf, or that he is sometimes a man?

A werewolf is a werewolf. How do you suggest we resolve this?

Work with me here.

The problem is that there is a werewolf.

What do you expect? Do you want me to un-make him? There are many men in the town, and a good number of domesticated wolves. What is the problem? That he was first a man, or first a wolf? Does that even matter? Why is the werewolf an issue?

He was first a man, and now he is a werewolf. There is a werewolf in the town.

Has he actually done anything wrong?

There is a werewolf in the town.

Was this forced upon him? Or did he choose to become a werewolf?

A werewolf is a werewolf.

I see. I think I understand now.

How do you suggest we resolve this problem?

You do not want there to be a werewolf in your town. As I see it there are three options. You could force him to pick between wolf and man, an agonizing divorce from his true being, simply so you do not have a werewolf in your town. You could force him from the town, which may come to be a blessing in the long run- for him, not you. Or you could allow him to integrate and accept that, in our society of men and wolves, there also live werewolves.

There is a werewolf in the town.

Yes, there is. Isn't that beautiful?

How do you suggest we resolve this?

I am beginning to believe that the werewolf is not the problem here.

Sponsored

You are using an unsupported browser and things might not work as intended. Please make sure you're using the latest version of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge.