Month: September 2020

“Humanity” as a Tool for Moral Exclusion
The term and label of “human” is used to discern what receives moral consideration and what can be seen as simply a resource.

Rat School Sweethearts
there was a little rat who dressed up in little/ outfits and went outside to perform his little tasks like/ going to rat school and nibbling and marching up logs

at night by the river in the middle of daytime
three girls (ana, alice, and abi) are lying on the ground./ they are in bathing suits./ one of them (ana) is drumming on the ground.

Cine-Love
Pushing through twin doors at the end of the hall, I arrive at an empty theater. What have I come here for? What do I want the theater to do for me–to do to me?

Adesewa is Twelve
She is my sister, but I see her as my daughter. I was six when I first held her. I am eighteen when I embrace her now.

Noli Me Tangere
A queer sense of volume filling the ears with silence. Like a child’s hand in his hand. Body quivers and aches. Touch me not.

Placeless Architecture
For the first time in recorded history, one can now travel to any large urban development and perceive architecture that appears familiar regardless of its geographical location. How did this standardization come about?