Through the Eye of a Needle

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Every Sunday She Pulls Her Hair Tight Into a High Pony
There is a wound at the center.
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We're All on the Edge of Madness
I A monolingual English speaker struggles to explain that his first language cannot be translated into words.
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Glue here on the dotted / line of body or palimpsest / which is a Frankenstein / corpse of sorts The fine / crease of a Xerox’d sheet / doubles over in…
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A Knit is a Battlefield
A brain is a film /-frame These enlargements / present a vivid portrait of a / man a man I am / and am not yet The water / in the glass collects in…
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Reflections on Refractions: Liverpool Street
poetic score written for Alisa Oleva's walking tours on the theme of reflection
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A Montage of Moments Make up the Universe
“What is this film about?
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Amparo's Gardenias Attract a Breeze, My Heart Flutters
He tells me to buy gloves Frost bite / grabs hold of the tongue if you aren’t careful The / scent of gardenias still / reminds me of my grandmother They…
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March 2025

What's in a Name, What's in My Sleepy Eyes Half The Time?
The use of / perfume names — and —
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I Don't Know When I'll Tire of You (London) but It Isn't Now
Get involved fight / club cocktails with / your pursed lips / a lime let’s off a reverie The / city is a constant beauty A / battle too Wrench your…
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AD Seeks Answers, Pt 1: Donald Draper & Peggy Olson
Mad Men, Minority Report, Nara Smith, Coco Chanel ... questions unfolding before our transparent eyes
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If You Called Her Name, She'd Think It Was Someone Else
She’s in an Uber / on her way home The headache / that was stirred by the consumption of / wine intensifies Tree branches / stretch long and / bronco…
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The Best Communities are Made Up of Different People
The poet and artist Etel Adnan writes of the way we sense our own self-importance; “We can’t stop this inner flow, this river of ideas that traverses…
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