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- Poem
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- Rated G
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file: _posts/2018-05-04-prima-materia.md
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paragraphs: 16
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type: jekyll
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words: 635
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layout: post
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tags:
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- Furry
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- About Furry
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- Poetry
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title: Prima Materia
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### Calcination
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<div class="verse">
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They say the fire cleanses
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That it purifies.
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Then, cool fire, soft fire,
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Cleanse and purify me.
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Blanket my shoulders
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And sing me to sleep.
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Sing the fox to sleep
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And let her rest
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Content in the work she has done
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And the lives she has touched.
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They say the fire cleanses
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That it purifies.
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Then, cool fire, soft fire,
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Sing me to sleep.
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</div>
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### Dissolution
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<div class="verse">
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Sweet as honey, spiced with time,
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You were me, and I you.
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Aged to perfection, mellowed with the years,
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I bless your memory.
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You who were me,
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I lay you aside to rest.
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To over-age is to spoil,
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And you are not spoiled.
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Sweet mead to dance on the tongue,
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Soft fox to dance through time.
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Sweet as honey, spiced with time,
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You were me, and I you.
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Aged to perfection, mellowed with the years,
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You are at your finest.
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</div>
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### Separation
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<div class="verse">
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With your sigil,
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I draw you from my heart.
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With your name,
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I consign you to memory.
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With your words,
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I draw you from my breath
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With your voice,
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I sing you to peaceful sleep,
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Ever soft and white in winter,
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Ever svelte and gray in summer.
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With your sigil,
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I draw you from my heart.
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With your name,
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I commit you to dearest memory.
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</div>
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### Conjugation
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I dedicate my life
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To the memory of you:
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Long passed though you may be,
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That memory will burn fiercely.
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To the east, I wash with air,
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That the wind be with you.
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To the South, I wash with fire,
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That the sun warm your fur.
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To the West, I wash with water,
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That the stream be cool beneath your paws.
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To the north, I wash with earth,
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That your den may blossom in spring.
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I dedicate my life
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To the memory of you.
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</div>
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### Fermentation
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Feed, dear fox eat,
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For the meal was prepared by you.
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I bless this meal
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That you be sustained by your work.
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Feed, dear cat, eat,
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Sup of the love that was left for you.
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I bless this meal,
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That we may learn the lessons of the fox,
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For she has prepared this for you:
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Bread for beginnings, mead for endings.
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Feed, dear cat, eat,
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For the meal was prepared for you.
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I bless this meal
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That you be sustained by her work.
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</div>
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### Distillation
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“We are not so different, you and I,”
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Said the cat to the fox.
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“We come from the same essence,
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Two vintages from the same vineyard.”
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“Our fur is soft and thick, true,”
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Said the fox to the cat.
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“We are hardy, and weather cold.
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We travel, hunt, and survive,
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But my time is passed and yours begun.
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Go with my blessing.”
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“We are not so different, you and I,”
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Said the cat to the fox.
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“We come from the same essence,
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Two children of the same eternal mother.”
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</div>
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### Coagulation
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Step forth, Uncia, hale and whole,
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For you are truly born this day.
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Alopex has gone to sleep and rest,
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Dancing now only in dreams and stories.
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See the world with new eyes,
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For all this is yours.
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Smell the air, taste bread and cool water.
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Feel the earth beneath your paws.
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Know the limits of your body,
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And remember always this pain.
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Step forth, Uncia, hale whole,
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For you are truly born this day.
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Alopex has gone to sleep and rest,
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Dancing now only at need.
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</div>
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### Anima mundi
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Out of the flames, into the light,
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I rise, Makyo Uncia called Maddy.
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Makyo Alopex sleeps now,
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A fetch to call at need.
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Non sum qualis eram,
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I am not who I was.
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Ranna, Astarael, Alopex,
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Majo, Younes, Happenstance.
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When viewed through the lens of Makyo,
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I am my own magnum opus.
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Out of the flames, into the light,
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I rise, Makyo Uncia called Maddy.
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Makyo Alopex sleeps now,
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Not forever, but for now.
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</div>
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