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"A Monstrous Manifesto" by Catherynne M. Valente

If you are a monster, stand up.
If you are a monster, a trickster, a fiend,
If you’ve built a steam-powered wishing machine
If you have a secret, a dark past, a scheme,
If you kidnap maidens or dabble in dreams
Come stand by me.

If you have been broken, stand up.
If you have been broken, abandoned, alone
If you have been starving, a creature of bone
If you live in a tower, a dungeon, a throne
If you weep for wanting, to be held, to be known,
Come stand by me.

If you are a savage, stand up.
If you are a witch, a dark queen, a black knight,
If you are a mummer, a pixie, a sprite,
If you are a pirate, a tomcat, a wright,
If you swear by the moon and you fight the hard fight,
Come stand by me.

If you are a devil, stand up.
If you are a villain, a madman, a beast,
If you are a strowler, a prowler, a priest,
If you are a dragon come sit at our feast,
For we all have stripes, and we all have horns,
We all have scales, tails, manes, claws and thorns
And here in the dark is where new worlds are born.
Come stand by me.

Date: 2013-07-23 05:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ladymondegreen.livejournal.com
Given how close the two of them are, it's hardly surprising. :)

Date: 2013-07-24 02:22 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] wanderlustlover
I love following both their journals, lives and works!

Date: 2013-07-23 02:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dafydd.livejournal.com
Wonderful!

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