magic Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/magic/ Trunkated tales, rumbling rhymes, and elephant art Mon, 16 Dec 2019 21:39:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/elephantsnever.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/cropped-winter-logo-2019-20.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 magic Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/magic/ 32 32 135387410 you will surrender your life https://elephantsnever.com/you-will-surrender-your-life/ https://elephantsnever.com/you-will-surrender-your-life/#respond Mon, 16 Dec 2019 21:38:58 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=2379 by Linda M. Crate you think onlywerewolvesknow metamorphosis?you think onlywerewolvesknow the moon?she is my kin,my mother,to be specific;the night is when i feelmost alive—you buried me duringthe day when i was still sleepinglike the coward you were,but i woke up;and i broke out of that coffinleaving earth and your name behind me—reclaimed both my voice and my power,learned my magic Read More

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