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You’re listening to Pride Month on The Voice of Dog.
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This is Rob MacWolf, your fellow traveler,
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and Today we present a poem
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by Madison Scott-Clary,
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whose graphomania occasionally gets the best of her.
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Today’s poem is from her collection Eigengrau.
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Her writing is available at makyo.ink, where you can find stories, poems, and books
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to purchase or read for free online.
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Queer people and queer identities are drawn to the furry community for any number of reasons,
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but at the bottom of them is this.
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The furry community, the whole subculture,
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is based on a lifelong exercise in self-definition.
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We say “I am a tiger”
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or “I am a badger”
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or “I am a dog” and our friends accept it.
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And all LGBTQ+ rights are founded on the right
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to self-definition,
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that nobody may decide who I love,
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who I am, what I am,
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but me. Read by B.P. Rugger,
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the ineffable Moo-Moon.
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Please enjoy “Fair and square”
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a poem by Madison Scott-Clary
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I bought my name fair and square;
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Bespoke, built from whole cloth.
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I wrote it again
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and again, Savoring every J,
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Skipping every fifth tittle, Until it felt right,
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Like sitting inside and watching the snow fall Through the window
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Or finding the perfect way that branches in two trees Line up with each other
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Or when the windshield wipers move In time with your music.
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I built myself fair and square With hands raw from coarse identity.
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I kneaded and pressed
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and squeezed, Savoring every curve,
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Skipping every tenth day,
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Until it all felt right,
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Like the sweet smell of
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pine bark Rubbed between fingers
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Or the whisper of maple leaves Under hurrying paws
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Or the perfect overlap
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of new buds Already sticky
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with sap. This was “Fair and square”
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by Madison Scott-Clary,
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read for you by B.P. Rugger,
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the ineffable Moo-Moon.
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Happy Pride, and Thank you for listening to The Voice of Dog
