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mood miscellanea

TO THE RISING SUN

BY NIK

OH, MAJESTIC RISING SUN, DOUSING NEONS ONE BY ONE, AS YOU BRING ANOTHER DAY, TO THEE WE MOST HUMBLY PRAY: GIVE US NOW OUR DAILY DREAD AND DON'T LET US BE MISLED

INTO THINKING MAYBE WE

CAN AND SHOULD AND SHALL BE FREE.

PLEASE DON'T MAKE US OBVIOUS.

HELP US BE ANONYMOUS

SO THAT WE MAY NOT BE FOUND

IN OUR SECRET UNDERGROUND.

FILL EACH LITTLE BUTCH AND NANCY

WITH THE PROPER SYCPHANCY.

MAKE US HUMBLE SO THAT WE

WON'T OFFEND SOCIETY.

HELP US CULTIVATE OUR FEARS; CAUTION IS THE BEST FOR QUEERS. LIKE THE OSTRICH, HEAD IN DIRT, WE MIGHT KEEP FROM BEING HURT. GRANT THESE THINGS, OH RISING SUN, AND, THO' LIFE WAY NOT BE FUN, WE AT LEAST SHALL LIVE THIS DAY SAFE FROM THOSE WHO ARE NOT GAY.