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such a long long time ...

a wandering ::: an absence :::

across the pale sky

an electric spider

this work is an absence diorama
a bird a map a web ...
not a picture of a bird
but the gears spark beak motion
memory feather archive
this is a knapsack of artifacts
recorded sound
woven fragments
diagrams equations texts codes
a telegram a spell
metal against metal lament
wind through pipeline lament
electric static powerline lament
broken chain bicycle rusted lament
grief of forsaken bicycle
the lad leapt jumped he climbed & flew
boy bicycle metal ladder sky
parched field rib furrow empty silo
river scraping rocks
starfish boiled sun stone ink rock
grief alphabet grief hieroglyph grief bird
harsh rim of heat
smoke heavy cloud no rain fire cloud
wave no hill boatless body far below the land
grief beak wing cyclone metal shack
egret ancient iron pump dry well cry
a season a year a geologic burial
the buzz a din scrape pitch bent friction
sunlit dust storm
the cellar the throat the land
that hum the buzz insect wing no insect sand
no bird but asphalt roof
cellophane & wind
no moth but flame a howl

thanks

Kathy McTavish is a fiscal year 2022 recipient of a Creative Support for Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

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