Etched
protectedand unprotectedpartsmake the wholemake the art
pour on the acidthe chemicalsfeel the burnfeel the boiling consumptiondepletiondestruction
or just watch it
from beneath the quiet balmof secrecy and...
Auguryafter Relative by Sam Gilliam
The sky washes over me, enticing,bursting open with orange and teal,
a cleansing becoming more vibrantfrom west to east. Soft, like...
Crimson
What makestonight's tropical wind so coldI wonder how the trees will surviveCome and kill me, engulf mein your wild currentsin you, I have heard,...
The Parabolic Flight of the Hummingbird
I will hypnotize you
With my ecstatic flight,
Back and forth,
Flashing ruby red.
Casting my spell to declare
All of this mine--
The flowers,...
The Dissolving Man
It is good to disappear.Incognito fires extinguished.
And the dissolving manin a liquid beaker.
As some faraway youth-to-deathoccurs in direct proportion.
No knowledge of the...
Visiting Lalla Essaydi’s Revisions
A security guard follows me
while I visit Lalla Essaydi’s photography,
paintings, and multimedia art exhibit in DC,
with close pursuit in latticed space
he...
A Simple MachineThe noose that was used to hang John Brown is allegedly in the permanent collection at the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Frayed and wild...