This is just a little something small and extra I've worked on the side of my short-stories lately, so I hope this will satisfy for now. Things like this help me get my motivation up when I can write something shorter and actually finish something instead of twenty-page tales.

I wrote this piece for a character of mine I've written many, many times before in my series, Jack Lynch. It's a brief, subtle analysis of his motivations for his misanthropic perception of people. You don't need to have read my stories to understand what Jack is; the information is self-contained in this work. But, if you want to read more of him, I have plenty of stories available on my FA page that will be on the way when I'm done editing them one more time.

The poem is in the style of an ode written by Algernon Swinburne if you were curious; I stuck with his rhythm scheme and I think his tone suits Jack. Anyway, hope you enjoy, and, as always, leave any constructive criticism.

Thumbnail is a pre-sketch from werewolfsense for a commission of mine in-progress. Although the facial effect is backwards, the effect, I think, was the best to accompany this poem.