Knuckle Monster

Weekly Diary Entry

Big Burly Bones,

Sticking out everywhere—

Pretty boy, odd girl,

Gruesome little duckling.

I feel myself strange,

Closing in;

Overly self-aware;

In hiding.

I don’t like myself,

Especially when I’m

Like this.

I feel you all

Looking,

At the strange

Unpleasant creature;

I feel it,

Your disapproval:

This thing,

In the realm

Of desire but

Unsightly,

Unacceptable,

Uncomfortable,

Unloveable.

An unwanted reality;

Worthy of ignoring.

This story is part of a collection of poems, short stories and introspective diary entries, called “Grimoire of a Weird Person II”.