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Clinging To A Burning World

Summary:

Walt Whitman's words tell the story of two boys in the aftermath of the end

Notes:

The bolded text is Stiles, the standard text is Derek, and the italicized is the poem itself

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Work Text:

We Two Boys Together Clinging,

i remember that night we first made love and we bound ourselves in all ways we could

One The Other Never Leaving,

I swore I’d come back but this happened and I’m so sorry

Up and Down The Roads Going—North And South Excursions Making,

beacon hills is gone and new york is gone and god i hope you arent gone with them

Power Enjoying—Elbows Stretching—Fingers Clutching,

We weren’t supposed to be apart for so long, but I have you again and I’m never letting you go

Arm’d And Fearless—Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Loving,

we have each other we have roscoe we have food we have all we need

No Law Less Than Ourselves Owning—Sailing, Soldiering, Thieving, Threatening,

I know you don’t like killing, but it’s that or die

Misers, Menials, Priests Alarming—Air Breathing, Water Drinking, On The Turf Or The Sea-Beach Dancing,

no room for us anywhere but the empty roads and empty fields well make do we always do

Cities Wrenching, Ease Scorning, Statutes Mocking, Feebleness Chasing,

Why is the world burning around us?

Fulfilling Our Foray

all we can do is burn with it baby

Notes:

This kinda happened and yes it's a deviation from my usual style of writing but I enjoyed it quite a bit and I hope you did as well. Drop a review!