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
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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