For my reference: comment bingo card

I don't have any confidence at all that I will make much progress on this, but in principle, I wholly agree with the spirit of the endeavour.

a work with an impressive/eye catching title	a canon compliant work	a fanvid	a work that stayed with you in some way	leave a comment on dreamwidth/livejournal
a work from a mystery/thriller canon	a work from an event from 2011	a work from a rec list	a work from a comedic canon	a work posted in 2015
a work that inspired you	a work posted in 2021	FREE SPACE	a work from an event from 2021	a work posted in 2014
a work from a fandom that aired/released from 2010-present	a work that made you happy	a work from a theater canon	a work from an event from 2024	a fic that's over 20k
leave a comment on fanfiction.net	a work posted in 2018	a fic not on AO3	a work from an action/adventure canon	a canon divergent work

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Poet's Corner: Soulwork by Tracy K. Smith

Soulwork by Tracy K. Smith

One’s is to feed. One’s is to cleave.
One’s to be doubled over under greed.
One’s is strife. One’s to be strangled by life.
One’s to be called and to rise.
One’s to stare fire in the eye.
One’s is bondage to pleasure.
One’s to be held captive by power.
One’s to drive a nation to its naked knees
in war. One’s is the rapture of stolen hours.
One’s to be called yet cower.
One’s is to defend the dead.
One’s to suffer until ego is shed.
One’s is to dribble the nectar of evil.
One’s but to roll a stone up a hill.
One’s to crouch low
over damp kindling in deep snow
coaxing the thin plume
of cautious smoke.
One’s is only to shiver.
One’s is only to blow.