Fancy Walker

Chronic illness, disability and life experiences through personal essays & poems.

  • Ernie

    Ernie

    When you died, I shed tears, Those tears turned to anger,Then back to tears, Life went on like that for a while,  The absence of your voice, Left me speechless,Until I figured out,You had nothing worth sharing, I forgive the person you were,And mourn the person you weren’t. 

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  • 525,600 Secrets

    525,600 Secrets

    Asking a child to keep a secret is like asking a bird not to fly, or a fire not to burn, or a right wing conservative with a strict Anti-LGBTQIA+ stance, not to have a secret Grindr account. I was a child of divorce and by age seven, I was very familiar with keeping secrets.…

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  • Fancy Walker

    Fancy Walker

    If you have the pleasure of being even slightly unconventional looking, whether it be through aesthetics or genetics, you’re very familiar with meeting the gaze of a small child. Tiny pupils locking in on their prey before an oncoming observational verbal assault. Like little Jerry Seinfelds in Light-Up Sketchers (a horrifying thought). Ready to make…

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