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To see in red, to lose control.
May. 25th, 2025 07:43 pmAdded Burning Houses & Hush Harbor by Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta to my reading rotation because I realized I could acquire it through Shopee. \o/ I've only gone through a few of the poems, which made me starkly feel that I was not smart or literary enough, but Temper/7 Down has sat in my brain for days and days and maybe that's enough. It's part of a section that's formatted as a series of crossword puzzle hints, so I guess it makes sense for me to still be trying to follow the emotional threads.
Here's the full poem, which I worked hard to format with html.
I made a Justice in the Dark gifset based on the last three lines:
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Creation notes:
I used a ripped paper texture for the big paper background, but for the paper strips—I was playing around and found that Resolve has a Paper Edges effect omggggggg
For the fonts—I was looking for a suitably distressed font and suddenly remembered Eduardo Recife's Misprinted Type. I wondered if his website was still up and it is! :D I've never really been able to incorporate his fonts/textures into my fanwork, but for this I used his Misproject font.
Here's the full poem, which I worked hard to format with html.
Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta, "Temper/7 Down"
| Hellions in your novels balled fists Inside trouser pockets. You never let A belt lick welts on a child's thigh. | ||
Barroom rakes, at the slightest libel Dream of triggers and knives. You never put a wife in place | ||
| With a shake or a sharp word. Stones were paperweights for Memos. Knives were cameos | ||
| Mounted on walls or tucked In a safe. And pity the man You would not hate, him you'd | ||
| Consecrate with your indifference. Best was how you taught a child To spit her rage like a catcher | ||
| To his mitt, and hurl with all Her bile and length, Neither glass nor stone, | ||
| Only the brittle shells Of eggs her throw Broke against the wall. | ||
| Temper: to see in red, To lose control. But also This: to curb, to hold. |
I made a Justice in the Dark gifset based on the last three lines:
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