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 ^-^
(refinery stack
ignites, then extinguishes;
smoky ellipsis)
ignites, then extinguishes;
smoky ellipsis)
February 11, 2026 at 5:20 PM
(refinery stack
ignites, then extinguishes;
smoky ellipsis)
ignites, then extinguishes;
smoky ellipsis)
scalpelkissed surface
intricately scarified
welling bright carmine
intricately scarified
welling bright carmine
Scalpel dancing
Across flesh and bone
Eroding tiny canyons
Where crimson rivers flow
Across flesh and bone
Eroding tiny canyons
Where crimson rivers flow
February 11, 2026 at 3:50 PM
scalpelkissed surface
intricately scarified
welling bright carmine
intricately scarified
welling bright carmine
her quicksilver eyes
could only too easily
drive me to madness
could only too easily
drive me to madness
(Like liquid silver,
her piercing eyes pour their gaze—
I am lost in them.)
her piercing eyes pour their gaze—
I am lost in them.)
February 11, 2026 at 12:42 PM
her quicksilver eyes
could only too easily
drive me to madness
could only too easily
drive me to madness
voices intertwine,
play of light and lightlessness;
penumbra duet
play of light and lightlessness;
penumbra duet
word-tangled, glimmer
deep in limbs, where one voice formed
light and birthed darkness,
deep in limbs, where one voice formed
light and birthed darkness,
February 11, 2026 at 9:31 AM
voices intertwine,
play of light and lightlessness;
penumbra duet
play of light and lightlessness;
penumbra duet
Reposted by Silby
(you move too close; I
wordlessly invite you to
take another step)
wordlessly invite you to
take another step)
February 10, 2026 at 6:16 PM
(you move too close; I
wordlessly invite you to
take another step)
wordlessly invite you to
take another step)
lies come unraveled;
falsehood falls apart, until
only truth remains
falsehood falls apart, until
only truth remains
deceitful being;
manipulated the truth,
to heal their own heart...
manipulated the truth,
to heal their own heart...
February 10, 2026 at 3:34 PM
lies come unraveled;
falsehood falls apart, until
only truth remains
falsehood falls apart, until
only truth remains
(long, weary exhale;
gratefully collapsing on
slumped leather sofa)
gratefully collapsing on
slumped leather sofa)
February 10, 2026 at 12:18 PM
(long, weary exhale;
gratefully collapsing on
slumped leather sofa)
gratefully collapsing on
slumped leather sofa)
recurring nightmare,
midnight life or death struggle;
hand-to-hand with ghosts
midnight life or death struggle;
hand-to-hand with ghosts
February 10, 2026 at 8:46 AM
recurring nightmare,
midnight life or death struggle;
hand-to-hand with ghosts
midnight life or death struggle;
hand-to-hand with ghosts
(dusty clinging web
dead-spider sarcophagus,
shroud for butterflies)
dead-spider sarcophagus,
shroud for butterflies)
February 9, 2026 at 4:03 PM
(dusty clinging web
dead-spider sarcophagus,
shroud for butterflies)
dead-spider sarcophagus,
shroud for butterflies)
(brick-broken windows
holloweyed indifference,
thousand yard staring)
holloweyed indifference,
thousand yard staring)
February 9, 2026 at 1:17 PM
(brick-broken windows
holloweyed indifference,
thousand yard staring)
holloweyed indifference,
thousand yard staring)
tongues disentangle,
momentarily joined by
silver fluidstrand
momentarily joined by
silver fluidstrand
pale blue drools from tongues to cheek,
pale-on-pale pigments,
dead-streaked in slow breath
pale-on-pale pigments,
dead-streaked in slow breath
February 9, 2026 at 12:13 PM
tongues disentangle,
momentarily joined by
silver fluidstrand
momentarily joined by
silver fluidstrand
goodnight, my lovelies. take care 💙
February 8, 2026 at 8:07 PM
goodnight, my lovelies. take care 💙
my sweet undoing,
you find structural weakness
and I fall a p a r t
you find structural weakness
and I fall a p a r t
oh, love
the way you
d i s a r t i c u l a t e
my every desiring
I am undone by
the wanting
of you
the way you
d i s a r t i c u l a t e
my every desiring
I am undone by
the wanting
of you
February 8, 2026 at 6:59 PM
my sweet undoing,
you find structural weakness
and I fall a p a r t
you find structural weakness
and I fall a p a r t
(rundown fish warehouse
roofpeak, decorated with
evenly-spaced gulls)
roofpeak, decorated with
evenly-spaced gulls)
February 8, 2026 at 4:14 PM
(rundown fish warehouse
roofpeak, decorated with
evenly-spaced gulls)
roofpeak, decorated with
evenly-spaced gulls)
one stray leather glove,
sleetsodden fingers splaying;
tide-stranded starfish
sleetsodden fingers splaying;
tide-stranded starfish
February 8, 2026 at 2:27 PM
one stray leather glove,
sleetsodden fingers splaying;
tide-stranded starfish
sleetsodden fingers splaying;
tide-stranded starfish
garb for midwinter;
left in a pocket, last year’s
crumpled paper crown
left in a pocket, last year’s
crumpled paper crown
February 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
garb for midwinter;
left in a pocket, last year’s
crumpled paper crown
left in a pocket, last year’s
crumpled paper crown
keening crown-of-thorns
roseate by implication
absent its blossom,
roseate by implication
absent its blossom,
thorn-haloed absence
buries itself need-deep, still,
moonskinned in yearning
buries itself need-deep, still,
moonskinned in yearning
hid by the bracken,
the stealthy black cuckoo feasts
on a gypsy moth
the stealthy black cuckoo feasts
on a gypsy moth
February 7, 2026 at 7:35 PM
keening crown-of-thorns
roseate by implication
absent its blossom,
roseate by implication
absent its blossom,
(summer afternoon;
shipwrecking icebergs drift in
caramel latte)
shipwrecking icebergs drift in
caramel latte)
February 7, 2026 at 3:48 PM
(summer afternoon;
shipwrecking icebergs drift in
caramel latte)
shipwrecking icebergs drift in
caramel latte)
open-mouthed, gasping
inarticulate desire;
wrong answer. again.
inarticulate desire;
wrong answer. again.
Stumbling over your words, trying in vain to describe the curves and contours of Her boot tread as it burrows deeper between your legs.
Grinding against it, desperately trying to follow its bevels with your lust, pathetic.
Grinding against it, desperately trying to follow its bevels with your lust, pathetic.
February 7, 2026 at 3:03 PM
open-mouthed, gasping
inarticulate desire;
wrong answer. again.
inarticulate desire;
wrong answer. again.