How We’re Devoured
We all
live in a world of
dam-
age, some version we
embrace,
a story
we
can’t stop
provoking,
a devastating contact with the
cult
central to
breaking.
~ An erasure of Rebecca Solnit’s The Faraway Nearby, page 59
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Oh, wow! This is powerful. Beautifully done.
Thank you.
I feel this poem deeply, Karen.
Thank you, Kevin.
Masterful.
Coleman–thank you!
‘a story we can’t stop provoking’
Dang, that hits home for me.
I’d love to watch you draft one of these erasures, Karen. (I’m a fanatic about process).
Very powerful. Love it.
I like the mystery of the cult central to breaking.
Marvelous, Karen! Those first two lines just grabbed my heart.
I look forward to these each day.
Yes to:
We all
live in a world of
dam-
age,
I think we are all too familiar with “the culk central to breaking.” Love this.