and dissent required #abnegation
Our #desiderata burned briefly #luciferous,
once #neoterical, never fully #exculpated,
leaving a residue of #inquietude
where belief rehearsed itself as #fabulistic.
Only at the end did I listen—
to a #psalterium, its #keratinous strings
Keratinous skin
sheathes our body moisture
and sheds to dander.
Keratinous beaks bear
easy-wipe clawed grins
Feathers prosthetic birds' bodies
for flight, swim or crested display.
I could toot its (rhino) horn more
but character count and
your attention span limits me.
#keratinous #vssthreads
CUTICLE OF COURAGE
— where tenderness learns the science of survival
I became #keratinous not by forsaking feeling, but by refining it—layered resilience shaped by recurrent trial.
