The Purrpurr of the Hloom

Poetry by Anastasia Kim

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Red Panda by Indra O. (2022)

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The Purrpurr of the Hloom

‘Twas purrpurr

And the starlit hloom

So floft and shoosh

Descended on the wheild

All agibberish were the yonderloves

And the pooms verily did quaid

Do not fear the Wolfenfolk

Their teeth are large but they don’t bite

Fear not the gnarling Grand Grenuute

Nor shun the slathy Saladrite

For when you hide within your bed

The roiling purrpurr underneath

Doth glooosh & fway within the gloom

And a klinging paw reaches forth

Heralding your certain doom

Be not afraid…

Those monsters fear you more than words can say

Your mind draws castles, roads and grants the way

Real monsters walk the street with smiles by day

In a world where words make sense

In a world where virtue is pretense

In a world where you have no choice but to obey

But for now…

‘Twas purrpurr

And the starlit hloom

So floft and shoosh

Descended on the wheild

All agibberish were the yonderloves

And the pooms verily did quaid

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Anastasia Kim is a student at Douglas College in the Creative Writing Associate Degree Program. Anastasia is an agendered, bipolar pansexual. Anastasia’s primary writing focus is poetry but also writes speculative fiction of the longer variety.