This poem came out of the April 4, 2017 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from Siliconshaman and conversations with various readers. It also fills the "surrender" square in
my 2-1-17 Platonic card for the Valentines Bingo fest. This poem belongs to the
Berettaflies thread of the
Polychrome Heroics series. Once it's complete, "The Willingness to Surrender Ideas" ($411) will become available.
This microfunded poem is being posted one verse at a time, as donations come in to cover them. The rate is $.50/line, so $5 will reveal 10 new lines, and so forth.
There is a permanent donation button on my profile page, or you can contact me for other arrangements. You can also ask me about the number of lines per verse, if you want to fund a certain number of verses.
So far sponsors include:
daisiesrockalot684 lines, Buy It Now = $342Amount donated = $20
Verses posted = 12 of 179Amount remaining to fund fully = $322
Amount needed to fund next verse = $1.50
Amount needed to fund the verse after that = $1WARNING: This poem contains controversial topics. Highlight to read the warnings, some of which are spoilers.
Stylet turns himself in to Valor's Widow. This includes exposure to the elements, emotional shock, poor self-preservation, extreme self-blame, live berettaflies in a souped-up pet carrier, gentle handling of a supervillain, suspicion, hunger, impaired thought, reference to unintended genetic modification of puppies, Stylet crying, preliminary negotiations, surrendering proprietary information, and other angst. If these are touchy topics for you, please consider your tastes and headspace before reading onward.
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