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Ursa Crawled on Concrete  (#10 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 Crawled on Concrete

female symbol
__Ursa crawled on concrete. She crawled slowly. Worms outpaced her. They crawled over her legs and hands.

Everyone tried to get off this broken slab, this old foundation. They did it. They fell in the mud.

Ursa Crawled on Concrete

gender neutral symbol and transgender symbol
Ursa crawled on concrete. Ve crawled slowly. Worms outpaced ver. They crawled over ver legs and hands.

Everyone tried to get off this broken slab, this old foundation. They did it. They fell in the mud.

Ursa Crawled on Concrete

male symbol
__Ursa crawled on concrete. He crawled slowly. Worms outpaced him. They crawled over his legs and hands.

Everyone tried to get off this broken slab, this old foundation. They did it. They fell in the mud.

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posted 14 December 2011