Silby
@silby.bsky.social
semidomesticated poet - chemically redacted - she/her - XXXVI - discord: catline - Still Not A Person
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Silby
@silby.bsky.social
· Dec 18
hi, unexpected influx of new followers!
note that this account will periodically veer into some alarming combination of esoterica and obscenity without further warning. if you're not on-board with that, please proceed in an orderly manner to the nearest exit. thankyou for your kind attention ^-^
note that this account will periodically veer into some alarming combination of esoterica and obscenity without further warning. if you're not on-board with that, please proceed in an orderly manner to the nearest exit. thankyou for your kind attention ^-^
(artist’s rendition)
bright new future; coming soon
expected never
bright new future; coming soon
expected never
January 3, 2026 at 4:46 PM
(artist’s rendition)
bright new future; coming soon
expected never
bright new future; coming soon
expected never
(fast-food packaging;
roadkill origami crane
splashed across tarmac)
roadkill origami crane
splashed across tarmac)
January 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
(fast-food packaging;
roadkill origami crane
splashed across tarmac)
roadkill origami crane
splashed across tarmac)
(resting wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,)
January 3, 2026 at 1:04 PM
(resting wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,)
throttles wide open,
war emergency power;
impending meltdown
war emergency power;
impending meltdown
would it be really funny to redline my engines, though? like, with all the safeties and fail-safes off or otherwise disabled? until like, my reactors go critical? i think it would be SO funny. do not tell Captain.
January 3, 2026 at 12:06 PM
throttles wide open,
war emergency power;
impending meltdown
war emergency power;
impending meltdown
(fractal wings make their
escape to infinity,
leap becoming flight)
escape to infinity,
leap becoming flight)
January 2, 2026 at 9:09 PM
(fractal wings make their
escape to infinity,
leap becoming flight)
escape to infinity,
leap becoming flight)
the quick and the dead,
harried fugitive deer don’t
spare a backward glance
harried fugitive deer don’t
spare a backward glance
January 2, 2026 at 4:24 PM
the quick and the dead,
harried fugitive deer don’t
spare a backward glance
harried fugitive deer don’t
spare a backward glance
dreamt into being
a stainless-steel miracle;
“but what is it for?”
a stainless-steel miracle;
“but what is it for?”
January 2, 2026 at 11:17 AM
dreamt into being
a stainless-steel miracle;
“but what is it for?”
a stainless-steel miracle;
“but what is it for?”
beneath fallen leaves,
winter months slept away in
cold hibernation
winter months slept away in
cold hibernation
sleep
the sleep of winter
the sleep of winter
January 1, 2026 at 7:11 PM
beneath fallen leaves,
winter months slept away in
cold hibernation
winter months slept away in
cold hibernation
pale-ashen mothveil
ephemerally caress,
with whispering wings
ephemerally caress,
with whispering wings
blue-shadowed white wings
swarm in the interstices;
thankyouthankyoutha—
swarm in the interstices;
thankyouthankyoutha—
blustery weather;
polythene ghosts, exorcised
disappear downwind
polythene ghosts, exorcised
disappear downwind
January 1, 2026 at 1:23 PM
pale-ashen mothveil
ephemerally caress,
with whispering wings
ephemerally caress,
with whispering wings
blustery weather;
polythene ghosts, exorcised
disappear downwind
polythene ghosts, exorcised
disappear downwind
January 1, 2026 at 12:22 PM
blustery weather;
polythene ghosts, exorcised
disappear downwind
polythene ghosts, exorcised
disappear downwind
happy new year, gang ^-^
January 1, 2026 at 12:03 AM
happy new year, gang ^-^
tick down to zero,
wordless secrets stopped clocks know
nesting beneath tongue
wordless secrets stopped clocks know
nesting beneath tongue
grasp — fray — tattering gasp — stopped pulse of nothing
December 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM
tick down to zero,
wordless secrets stopped clocks know
nesting beneath tongue
wordless secrets stopped clocks know
nesting beneath tongue
days dwindle to hours–
which words weigh most heavily?
speak, or hold your peace
which words weigh most heavily?
speak, or hold your peace
December 31, 2025 at 12:56 PM
days dwindle to hours–
which words weigh most heavily?
speak, or hold your peace
which words weigh most heavily?
speak, or hold your peace
(long voyage, leading
inevitably back to
where it all began)
inevitably back to
where it all began)
December 31, 2025 at 10:19 AM
(long voyage, leading
inevitably back to
where it all began)
inevitably back to
where it all began)
(dog let off the leash;
in hundred-winged unison,
seagulls all scatter)
in hundred-winged unison,
seagulls all scatter)
December 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
(dog let off the leash;
in hundred-winged unison,
seagulls all scatter)
in hundred-winged unison,
seagulls all scatter)
scorched mothwings crumble,
once-ferocious limerence
dwindled to ashes
once-ferocious limerence
dwindled to ashes
If a moth does not feel desire, its flame will wither.
If a month does not feel desired, it will end.
December 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
scorched mothwings crumble,
once-ferocious limerence
dwindled to ashes
once-ferocious limerence
dwindled to ashes