* With apologies to John Gillespie Magee Jr.'s "High Flight".
† Hectocotylus: a male octopus's specialized tentacle arm used in copulation. I feel confident this is the first time any iteration of this word has been used in a sonnet in the history of the universe.
‡ Rianna belongs to @probablylostrightnow and consumed the astral tadpole.
§ Prodigious thanks to @perahn for assistance with meter, form, and the word hectocotylus.
ALL THE TAVS! thank you for letting me draw your darlings
my Tavs Zorne and Shiv, @loquaciousquark Tavish Gale, @annalyia Olivia, @jadesabre301 Elarwyn, @fistfulofgammarays Verrin, @perahn Varash, @servantofclio Ravat, @eponymous-rose Amisra, @probablylostrightnow Rianna, @mystery-moose Sevistur, @nelsynoo Aleah
time traveler hyping themself up for the 1920s: it's the great war not WW1 it's the great war not WW1 it's the great war not WW1 it's the great war not WW1