<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">Werewolf<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;"> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">The werewolf is my mythical representation</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;"> of an autistic. We lose control of our bodies</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;"> when we morph into a different creature.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;"> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">Fur bristles beneath my skin</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">Lycanthrope under a full moon’s light </span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">Teeth gnash</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">Too close and I will bite</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">Rip the flesh from hopeful bones</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">Teach me to keep the monster cool</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">Mind eats matter</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">I am madder still</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">Digging claws in </span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">I’m not here</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">I don’t see you </span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">In stupid strength I have lost my will</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">I’m no longer humankind</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">Turn your face away</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">I am swallowed in darkness</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">Read the transformation</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">It is a warning</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">Best you run</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">Rest not</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">For I will chase</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">Listen </span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">You can tremble</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">Earth shakes as I howl</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">You hear the visceral cry</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">Feel the surrender</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">Where do I find peace? </span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">Reap your silver bullet</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">Take the blood from my repulsive veins</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">Cast me into shadows</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;">I will rise again</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;"><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 21.466665px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Noah McSweeny</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665px; font-family: Garamond, serif;"><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665px; font-family: Garamond, serif;"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://a.co/d/aj5mL7q">https://a.co/d/aj5mL7q</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665px; font-family: Garamond, serif;"><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN"><img id="<part1.0igKuh07.Smsx0uFO@sonic.net>" src="cid:0AB4F2EF-EA2D-41FF-AA49-64F2C07B0ADC" alt="A child's picture with text
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