The Summoning
It will work, all too well I'm afraid
Want to disappear?
Not a problem.
First, dye your skin a darker color.
Water soaked in walnut hulls works a treat.
Then, change your name.
If you can.
So much sensitivity about changed names, have you noticed?
I suggest an ethnic last name, something Latino or Asian.
Or African. That will be quite effective.
That should be enough to get the attention
Of the cold-as-ice whackjobs
Who are so tough they hide their faces.
Start speaking up
About social issues, and feeding the poor.
Dress in rainbows
And go to a Pride parade.
Make social media posts
About protecting the helpless.
Soon, very soon,
The Faceless Cold Ones
Will appear at your door
Like the harbinger of a winter
With no end in sight.
Or on the street.
Or at work.
It doesn’t matter.
But you will vanish.
It is very effective.
It will be as if you never were.
And we who are left behind
Who still have hearts
Will mourn your disappearance.
About the Creator
Meredith Harmon
Mix equal parts anthropologist, biologist, geologist, and artisan, stir and heat in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, sprinkle with a heaping pile of odd life experiences. Half-baked.
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