Poem: "Severance Pay"
This poem is spillover from the November 7, 2017 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from
readera and
redsixwing. It also fills the "captivity" square in my 6-16-17 card for the
hc_bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by EdorFaus. It belongs to the series Polychrome Heroics and precedes the poem "A Way to Make Right."
Warning: This poem contains some intense topics. Highlight to read the warnings, some of which are spoilers. It features Skink in a holding cell after a bad cape fight, mild hypothermia and moderate calorie shortage due to superpowers, description of the unpleasant circumstances of Skink's manifestation, flashbacks, reference to messy medical details in the past, current discussion of using Skink's injury-activated Regeneration to pay his debt to society, poverty, racism, becoming a supervillain out of desperation rather than desire, past starvation, and other challenges. If these are sensitive issues for you, please consider your tastes and headspace before reading onward.
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Warning: This poem contains some intense topics. Highlight to read the warnings, some of which are spoilers. It features Skink in a holding cell after a bad cape fight, mild hypothermia and moderate calorie shortage due to superpowers, description of the unpleasant circumstances of Skink's manifestation, flashbacks, reference to messy medical details in the past, current discussion of using Skink's injury-activated Regeneration to pay his debt to society, poverty, racism, becoming a supervillain out of desperation rather than desire, past starvation, and other challenges. If these are sensitive issues for you, please consider your tastes and headspace before reading onward.
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