The (Secret) Intimacy of the Photograph it is me and it is not meI transfix on the profile of An Otherwith my legs, covered in rose-garden pantyhose a shape a size a landscape, unfamiliarto my mind’s mirroryet there I amme but not me such displacementor dysmorphia orsuch rabid ability to despisedisrespect, such refusal of acceptancea… Continue reading #NPM22 – The (Secret) Intimacy of the Photograph
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#NPM22 – The Intimacy of Crying Alone When You’re Sad
The Intimacy of Crying Alone When You’re Sad the body afflicted, undoing – shakingout sorrowlong veins of pain peelingoff the heartinternal hemorrhage abundance tears like song chorus – redundantrhinorrhea release – a bath ofrebalancethe exaltation ofanimal sounds the liturgy of sobbingsadness on her knees,rubbing your back
#NPM22 Intimacy – The Intimacy of Falling Asleep in an Airport
The Intimacy of Falling Asleep in an Airport Such decadent trusteyes closedbody limpa foot wrapped in a purse strapthen tucked under a seatsuitcase rolled under kneesSilence glides into earsrests in exhaustion’s bed But the world concerts life in the rounda child cries for an ipadteens giggle at images on instagramthe tired attendant calls for a… Continue reading #NPM22 Intimacy – The Intimacy of Falling Asleep in an Airport
#NPM22 – Intimacy – The Intimacy of Birdsong Before the Sunrise
The Intimacy of Birdsong Before the Sunrise The way the sounds take shapesliding through your windowlike exclamation marks thatland on your cheeks – kissesfrom another dimension youfeel in your bones but can’texplain in words because birdsongis the language of eternity of hope The tender trills and deep-throatedwarbles lift the sun like a conductor’sbaton tapping the… Continue reading #NPM22 – Intimacy – The Intimacy of Birdsong Before the Sunrise
VANESSA SHIELDS 