How do you begin to explain yourself?

La lune // photo by author

Just a bitch with a lot to say and feel.

I fall in love just as quickly as out.

A Venus in detriment

This is a hunter’s Venus — a Venus that stalks, preys, and takes.

— Alice Sparkly Kat, “Venus in Detriment” post from March 24, 2021, 8:17am

I can grow stars in my body

Where I glow so bright my lungs explode

My darkest parts destined by the stars to struggle with my health and thus have met the Grim, and denied his hand more than I can count.

Nine lives weren’t just granted to cats; witches, and poets, and artists of all kinds have lived and died a thousand deaths. Here’s just a few of mine.