#althea davis

[anthropoetics]

kinder than man, althea davis

[schadhauser]

kinder than man

And God please let the deer on the highway get some kind of heaven. Something with tall soft grass and sweet reunion. Let the moths in porch lights go someplace with a thousand suns, that taste like sugar and get swallowed whole. May the mice in oil and glue have forever dry, warm fur and full bellies. If I am killed for simply living, let death be kinder than man.

by Althea Davis

[augmentedchordsofficial]

all of these poems give the same vibe ngl

From top to bottom: “Kinder Than Man” by Althea Davis, “The Two-Headed Calf” by Laura Gilpin, part of the Minecraft End Poem by Julian Gough, “Dead Rat” by Mervyn Peake, and “First Dog In Space” by Brennig Davies

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"And God, please let the deer on the highway get some kind of heaven. Something with tall soft grass and sweet reunion. Let the moths in porch lights go some place with a thousand suns, that taste like sugar and get swallowed whole. May the mice in oil and glue have forever dry, warm fur and full bellies. If I am killed for simply living, let death be kinder than man."

― Althea Davis (ig)

[blyejay]

[ssfoc]

Kinder Than Man, by Althea Davis

[lkfarrout]

I don't think this requires explanation. We love to do this kind of thing with tweets, why not with sad poems?

[wiredawake]

illustration by StarPark