Performance by Creature Karin Webb. Photo by Jonathan Beckley
Respect my Name
by Creature Karin Webb
Respect my name. Whatever that name may be.
We are not dancing on a planet which stands still. Neither shall our bodies, in time, resemble the form we enjoy today. Forever isn’t an affair meant for those who corporeally grow and decay.
So on this day respect my name.
Trust I know my name more intimately than you. I’ve struggled, bled upon a sword of vowels and consonants forged and tempered from vibrations which now might soothe, excite, bring joy, and make memory any aural or oral distaste. These articulations help me trust you better, drawing us close, should we desire. With no calm agreement about which syllables to use, these shifting etherial sounds freshly priming our shared space, I shan’t believe you’ll show respect when in a heightened state… and I want no bed with flippant cruelty.
Respect my name and I will do the same — no matter how many times we hand off introductions. Mistakes will be made, yet with acknowledged glances and efforting on, these problems fade. It is with you I wish to relate. Don’t deny my secret smile held within, grown strong from being seen.
Respect my name.
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Play On My Friends,
~ Creature
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