"Honeycombed and Dangerous" by Katie Darby Mullins
I've been listening to Taylor's catalog all the way through and just finished evermore. Having just listened to "it's time to go," I thought it might be a match on first read of the poem, but there were more things hiding in the poem that sent me in another direction.
It's unique how the poet has taken the theme of "Vigilante Shit" and added to it, making it more about turning terrible situations into more positive ones and finding ways to help people who need it - "And it doesn't matter if you can't / Hit the person who hit you first, you can / Help another woman find help, get free." Incredibly powerful.
*As a fun sidenote, I looked up this poet, and she is part of the Underwater Sunshine Fest, which is developed from Counting Crows' Underwater Sunshine album as a way to feature independent musicians in a live setting. My dear ol' blog is named after a Counting Crows song, as they've long been my favorite band, so I'd definitely call this an invisible string! 🌟
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