{"id":2741,"date":"2015-02-01T16:44:48","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T16:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=2741"},"modified":"2017-07-11T21:18:35","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T21:18:35","slug":"wrath-mermaid-linda-m-crate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wrath-mermaid-linda-m-crate\/","title":{"rendered":"wrath of the mermaid by linda m. crate"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/lindamc.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2742 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/lindamc.jpg\" alt=\"lindamc\" width=\"604\" height=\"453\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/lindamc.jpg 604w, https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/lindamc-300x225.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 604px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 604\/453;\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">wrath of the mermaid<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by linda m. crate<\/p>\n<p>you said once it was<br \/>\nunfair to send the vampire after<br \/>\ngarlic,<br \/>\nbut i think it was more unfair<br \/>\nfor you to call the<br \/>\nmermaid<br \/>\nfrom the sea<br \/>\nonly to leave me on land alone<br \/>\na fish out of the water<br \/>\ntrying to navigate<br \/>\nin a world<br \/>\nforeign and awkward to her;<br \/>\nyou said it was unfair<br \/>\nof me to use<br \/>\nyour words against you but you<br \/>\nnever minded using mine<br \/>\nagainst me\u2014<br \/>\nperhaps i was a fool to fall for a vampire<br \/>\nin every lore i&#8217;ve ever read they<br \/>\ndon&#8217;t make fit lovers,<br \/>\nbut perhaps i was hoping we&#8217;d build a better<br \/>\nlove story than those before us that<br \/>\nhad tried and failed;<br \/>\nan open minded mermaid with a heart full of<br \/>\nromance and dreams<br \/>\nwashed up upon your shore and you<br \/>\nmust have counted your<br \/>\nlucky stars<br \/>\nwhen you took mine from me\u2014<br \/>\nyou forget that sometimes there is little difference<br \/>\nbetween mermaids and sirens,<br \/>\nand one day i will drown<br \/>\nyou in the lust you burned me with and let the<br \/>\nocean and moon tear you into<br \/>\nwings of oblivion.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p>Linda M. Crate is a Pennsylvanian native born in Pittsburgh yet raised in the rural town of Conneautville. She currently resides in Meadville. Her poetry, short stories, articles, and reviews have been published in a myriad of magazines both online and in print. Recently her two chapbooks A Mermaid Crashing Into Dawn (Fowlpox Press &#8211; June 2013) and Less Than A Man (The Camel Saloon &#8211; January 2014) were published. Her fantasy novel Blood &amp; Magic is forthcoming from Ravenswood Publishing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linda M. Crate is a Pennsylvanian native born in Pittsburgh yet raised in the rural town of Conneautville. She currently resides in Meadville. 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