written for In Flux, THAWALLS
with Udita Upadhyaya
published in Propositional Attitudes: What do we do now?
Edited by John Burtle and Elana Mann.
Golden Spike Press. 2018
Boundary Line (For Falak)
Steal light from shadows. Hear the music of air. Become boundary. Pass through. Fail. Fret. Free (yourself). |
Rest (For Joseph) Find (a home for) your knees Let them sink to sand. Rest. Do nothing. Unwrap your feet, soak. Do nothing. Rest. |
Arrangement #8 (For Kim)
- Plan something.
- Collect everything.
- Fill nothing with something.
- Count everything with nothing.
- Remember something.
- Forget nothing.
- Disperse everything.
written for a last a loved a long,
In Progress Series, MCA, 2018
with Udita Upadhyaya
to hold
to let linger
in tenderness
in affection
with vulnerability
and hope
this is not a catalogue of hugs
this is not a narrative of a relationship
this is a practice in reciprocity
to be witnessed
to be enacted
this is an invitation
how might we play
how might we sink into a moment of touch
how might we share space with another
how might we find each other, a last
a stranger, a neighbor, a friend, a loved
how might we remember even as we part, a long
here you are
listening, longing
do you feel you
attending to your other
a small act of repair
to let linger
in tenderness
in affection
with vulnerability
and hope
this is not a catalogue of hugs
this is not a narrative of a relationship
this is a practice in reciprocity
to be witnessed
to be enacted
this is an invitation
how might we play
how might we sink into a moment of touch
how might we share space with another
how might we find each other, a last
a stranger, a neighbor, a friend, a loved
how might we remember even as we part, a long
here you are
listening, longing
do you feel you
attending to your other
a small act of repair