I felt as if
I were
the threshold of
her face,
her waist, her hand,
her
fingernail
a curving point
turned
to
me.
This gave me hope.
There’s always something that can
be exchanged. She was a woman who might
long for me,
the forbidden.
~ An erasure of page 14 in Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale
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I love this sort of queering of the original text in its erasure.
Thank you Shaun.
Love this, obviously, Karen! You know me and my homoerotic undertones 😇
Thank you, Kevin.
These erasures from The Handmade Tale are so brilliant!
Thank you so much, Linda!
Wonderful starting us off at the threshold! Titles always spot on – “There’s always something that can/be exchanged.” – there’s the power!
Sylvia, thank you.
Your erasures never fail to amaze me. Well done once again!
Thanks, Pam!
I love how we get to know a little about the speaker at the very end, but there is still mystery there.
Thank you, Nancy.
Incredible. Karen, what you do with this form is just awe-inspiring. Well done!
Thank you so much, H.A.
Another!
Thanknyou
Another wonderful erasure!
Thank you, Taunja.