Biological Field Notes on Literary Mutations

6 October 2025

Literary mutations don't follow systemic patterns — they surface from the vault inside you. They find their form under possession by the laws of nature - and nature knows how to shapeshift under pressure.

In my case, the pressure cooker of institutional erasure. The kind that can transform you from baby goat into Ghostface Killah.

That concludes my time in the petting zoo and begins the unchaining of the emu. That includes the play along to keep your pay, fearful submission to that pay, and most desperate of all — the attempted drownings of my written voice. All have been relinquished to the chamber.

As you dive into these literary mutations, you might feel the pressure cooker in poetic warfare from the chessboard. But if you came for nature's juicy surges, you will find those in abundance. That's what happens when you reclaim your voice and cast it out across the canopy.

The vault is unboxed. Gamemaker mode unlocked. The creatures of compliance have been hexed. Now the gummy bears are calling me back to the table. We're playing Scrabble and I'm on a serious letter streak.

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