better you don’t enter
the unreal forest
better don’t be tempted
with shrieking mavka’s ballads
stop & look around
the boat that carried you here
’tis a moored coffin
‘tween picturesque shores
the winter this year
is temperate
the spirits this winter
are hungry
the bodies cover the trails
the blood covers the bodies
as ai verisimilar
as your best nightmare
better you don’t enter
the unreal forest
better don’t be tempted
with shrieking mavka’s ballads
stop & look around
stop & look around
gaiman is watching you
he’s fucking watching
by TETIANA ALEKSINA
© All rights reserved 2025
unbolt me 
And who’s to pay the ferryman?
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I wonder if we can just put it on his tab? 😆
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Gaiman -is that Neil Gaiman?
It is fantastic, Tanechka!
Praying for your safety every day.
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Absolutely, Dolly. In light of the recent damning allegations against him, Tati wanted to write a poem about it.
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He is one of my favorite authors, and the allegations are pure idiocy.
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I hope you’re right, Dolly. Still, they do need to be properly looked into by the relevant authorities, I think.
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I am not so sure.
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The last two lines . . . I love how the initial one is repeated. It makes the ending so much more powerful.
Great work, you two!
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I wish I could take some credit, trE, but this one’s all Tati. And, yes, I totally agree with you there! 😀
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I saw it was just her after I commented, and I didn’t want to leave another comment, cuz, you know . . . you still can’t edit your comments on other blogs. *Sighs* WordPress is so busy changing everything that doesn’t need changing, and they can’t add a simple “Edit” button for comments.
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It’s crazy, am I right? I feel your pain, trE, I really do. 😆
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Interesting
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Thanks for reading, Caleb.
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Gaiman wasted his writing talents.
This is a good one, Tati
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Agreed, Maria. It kind of reminds me to not have heroes anymore.
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I feel the same, Tony. Sadly 😞
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