The Wordsmith's Forge

 ... with male-male relationships, but not zippers.

It's like you been there, brother, been there.

 Hospitals have had it with price-gouging from drug companies, so they're going to make their own generics.  I wish them luck.

 ... which implies a liquid system very much like Earth's.  I fucking love science.  :D

This poem came out of the November 21, 2017 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from bairnsidhe. It also fills the "fish" square in my 7-1-17 card for the Winter Fest in July Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by janetmiles and Cody. It belongs to the series Feathered Nests, which you can find via my Serial Poetry page.

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This poem came out of the November 21, 2017 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from kyleri. It also fills the "bones" square in my 10-1-17 card for the Fall Festival Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by janetmiles. It belongs to the series Feathered Nests, which you can find via my Serial Poetry page.

WARNING: This poem contains some disturbing scenes. Highlight to read the warnings, some of which are spoilers. It includes domestic violence among the Fifers, other Fifers ganging up on the abuser to drive him out, a victim showing signs of past maltreatment, angst, social anxiety, the challenges of interspecies relations, messy medical details, and other challenges. If these are touchy topics for you, please consider your tastes and headspace before reading onward. This poem sets the stage for "The Purest Love," so skipping it would leave a gap.

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This poem came out of the November 21, 2017 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from chanter_greenie. It also fills the "queerplatonic" square in my 5-29-17 card for the Pride Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by Cody. It belongs to the series Feathered Nests, which you can find via my Serial Poetry page.

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This poem came out of the November 21, 2017 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from bairnsidhe, mama_kestrel, readera, zianuray, and rix_scaedu. It also fills the "planet" square in my 10-31-17 Space card for the Space and Time Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by janetmiles and Cody. It belongs to the series Feathered Nests, which you can find via my Serial Poetry page.

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