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Short form poetry and microfic here - this is where the drafts live pre-edit - long form over at @Wetdryvac

The Vac of Wetdyvac.net - a construct personality geared towards politely undermining human grouping identification protocols. Author, contract/consent ethicist, and artist, its presence here is largely for, "This seems like a good place to land poetry." Yep, it's under copyright. Ask for reprint/reuse terms.

I also do poetry for hire, if that's your speed.

In Print, etc.https://linktr.ee/Wetdryvac
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Timeline Dox
April 3, 2026

wrong gods, wrong halos
claiming hand, staple, forehead
buys winter virtue

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Challenge: *arrived as a picture* "As a hiaku."

I, uh. Think it was aimed for the goth HSF? Decent chance I'm outing myself to a specific era whether I guessed right or not.

Tranquil Pose
April 3, 2026

in the center of a river
if one floats on one’s back
motionlessness attained

unnoticed

one’s adjacent complication
to a star-full shore-above
gains embedded position

relative

to where an absolute of zero
softened beside passthrough
fills listening channels

motion

undone in silt, in static
other woes our transcendence
alone mistakes as peace

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Pull
April 3, 2026

finding dragons below waterfall
we say to ourselves how tragedy
comes for those who made the swim
but on success looked back, regret
re-engaging endless current

we do not find them long past dusk
breathing life to friend’s ascent
we lament their failure to succeed
and on our own continue
never checking past our shoulders

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Speaking Bird
April 1, 2026

road-walked again
I find the goose
golden gun beside
breaking eggs

iron skillet
blue-bright flame
melting yolks
burning off whites

casting bullets
feathers ablaze –
my children
gather questions

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Bard Watching
April 1, 2026

as the sky is full of birds
their palms are full of thorns
a wren, an owl, a cardinal
imprinted at my hem

archer’s exit to the wings
a love, a love, a love
a-gathering in beak and bone
such things as we cannot

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On The First Of April
April 1, 2026

they grew me to salute
in perfection and obedience
who claimed a day for lying

they grave ‘pon me, repeat
in reverence and contrition
who claimed by day deceiving

who gave a day to me
that I might to their children
speak a mythic venom

but pledge duress replying
no oath nor word by threat
holds aught but fool resigning

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Dropcase
March 31, 2026

playing banjo
on spring afternoon
besmirched by cats

I find myself
in a tune and beating
a pattern unrecognized

captain draped
full across my shoulders
stabbing along

fluff-toed
counterpoint strumming
his slumber long

deconsecrated vapors
released to southern-influence
the other twang

silenced
lyrics awaiting new air
a less virulent stank

operation catgut violence
in new food bestowal
a roaring success

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Seven Thousand Meters
March 30, 2026

I see we’ve moved
from don’t do dumb
to do dumb less

a step for wards
a step to crack

relying on language
we don’t have yet
to save ourselves

a ward for steps
a crack for stepping

relaying movement
from doing dumb
to dumbing down

that under sea
we still breathe sky

the harvest itch
to satellite bliss
in this abyss

steeped for wards
we hope won’t crack

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Yell Oh Sun has dropped for your enjoyment at: https://wetdryvac.itch.io/yell-oh-sun - contains somewhat more cussing than usual, but also some significant upbeat stuff.

Per usual, be a bit before the physical book drops.

Nammet
March 27, 2026

there are still two wolves
feeding either differs not
for I still hunger

there are two wolves stilled
when either opens maw now
I place myself in

empty spring planting
tamps three graves against old fears
falls revenge, seeding

but we say blood now
yes, twice seen, still say blood now
until get blooded

where no wolves have been

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