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“I want
to tell my son it’s not
shameful to need
something or someone
to help us out of the darkness
when it gets very dark.”
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to tell my son it’s not
shameful to need
something or someone
to help us out of the darkness
when it gets very dark.”
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“I ate eggs from a chafing dish while the baker
reminded us: the only thing that will hurt you
out here are your own bad decisions”
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reminded us: the only thing that will hurt you
out here are your own bad decisions”
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“7. The first time I arrived here, I never thought I am small
and luminous
8. The body, burdened and miraculous
9. The body as thin-nest boundary”
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and luminous
8. The body, burdened and miraculous
9. The body as thin-nest boundary”
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“Outside now, I take
photos of everything insignificant: ragweed,
roadside forsythia, dandelion clocks over-
running a drainage ditch—ghost seed.
This year, brood x cicadas are emerging
in swarm or celebration, depending on
whom gets asked: entomologist or civilian.”
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photos of everything insignificant: ragweed,
roadside forsythia, dandelion clocks over-
running a drainage ditch—ghost seed.
This year, brood x cicadas are emerging
in swarm or celebration, depending on
whom gets asked: entomologist or civilian.”
―
“15. The inevitability of a scarred life, your pulse, stitches,
this palace of breath
16. go on, go on / again, again / return, return”
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this palace of breath
16. go on, go on / again, again / return, return”
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“I would like to tell you about the tactile universe.
What we are sure of is minimal: the mystery
of the unseen inside of things–the gliding,
flexing, bone-breaking grooves of peripatetic
movement or a longing for stronger feelings.
— Erika Meitner, from “Letter on Space & the Body,” Oxford American (Fall 2022)”
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What we are sure of is minimal: the mystery
of the unseen inside of things–the gliding,
flexing, bone-breaking grooves of peripatetic
movement or a longing for stronger feelings.
— Erika Meitner, from “Letter on Space & the Body,” Oxford American (Fall 2022)”
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“Back then my body was a remote spaceship
fueled by lust and network technology.”
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fueled by lust and network technology.”
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