Uncollared
(Genesis in Seven Blows)
1. The Naming
They praised Pete.
The quick study.
Good boy.
Peter came later,
burning the name tag.
Sovereign.
Feral.
2. The Survival Years
Pete asked for permission,
bent for approval.
He learned to shrink
into sharp-cornered systems,
smiling on cue.
Fed him scraps and starved his instinct.
Safety—a kind of coffin.
3. The Break
A vision cracked open.
Spores and shooting stars,
a whisper from wild yonder.
Freedom tasted like
blood and honey.
4. The Emergence
Peter didn’t start over—
he saw with new eyes.
Work, praise, coin—
unhooked from worth.
And the world flinched—
as if punched in the plexus.
5. The Physical
A Stetson shadows his gaze.
A silver beard squared his jaw.
A sweat like sandlewood.
His fists—stone, yet open.
His tongue—sharp, mostly kind.
His spine—straight, now pliable.
6. The Creed
No mask.
No auditions.
No false fossils
Permissionless, playful motion.
Mysterious adventure.
Bend the cosmos.
7. Gratitude
Survivor Pete—
sentinel, sacrificer,
builder of fortune
not in gold,
but in possibility.
Peter carries him forward—
not as burden,
but as brother.
Unleashed.