i long for teleological thoughts something immaculate and absolute but desire remains a firm and silent fruit
a lemon with its eyes closed
anxieties the anxiety of being mired in one’s moment the anxiety of overspilling one’s margins the anxiety of truth as an asymptotic function
the anxiety of never being able to go back
i have yet to feel the flower nature blooms for elixir color like a plump plush winnie the pooh in a cloud forest desire does not seek its object desire seeks only to replicate itself desire is both mechanism and form of proliferation
like love dogs howling their way back to their own poiesis
and you too a lowly worm, my favorite kind of worm
love poem to another worm
you are the apple of my tooth softy and mealsome snack that you are
Song of the Other Worm Manal Kara
At Prairie, Chicago, US December 16, 2019 – January 26, 2020