Prose Poems >  Ursa and the Animals >

Ursa Came to the Property Boundary  (#11 of 60)

Three versions are offered below: Ursa as female, male, and transgender or gender neutral. The gender neutral or transgender pronouns are: Ve (pronounced "vee"), Ver ("vur"), Vers ("vurz"), and Verself ("vurself").



_Ursa Came to the Property Boundary

female symbol
___Ursa came to the property boundary, marked by rusty barbed wire. The skull of a horse hung nailed to a post.

“That’s just a mask,” Ursa said, and tried to push the wire aside. It cut her hand.

“Welcome to your home,” said the skull.

Ursa Came to the Property Boundary

gender neutral symbol and transgender symbol
Ursa came to the property boundary, marked by rusty barbed wire. The skull of a horse hung nailed to a post.

“That’s just a mask,” Ursa said, and tried to push the wire aside. It cut ver hand.

“Welcome to your home,” said the skull.

Ursa Came to the Property Boundary

male symbol
___Ursa came to the property boundary, marked by rusty barbed wire. The skull of a horse hung nailed to a post.

“That’s just a mask,” Ursa said, and tried to push the wire aside. It cut his hand.

“Welcome to your home,” said the skull.

squiggle drawing
posted 27 December 2011