awake

In the partly human, partly fungal state
between sleeping and waking
he abandons the tangled sheets,
dismisses the drama that knotted them,
pivots to a shadowy perch at the edge
of the bed. He wants to flex his limbs,
perhaps fly, perhaps astonish. Continue reading

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private lives

Plaque at École Polytechnique in Montreal

Plaque at École Polytechnique in Montreal

[Twenty years ago today, a misogynist shot
“feminists” at École Polytechnique in Montreal, killing Continue reading

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amateur

He’s waiting at the door when I arrive with the key;
we talk about three days of rain while I unlock.
He hauls out his battered script and studies lines
as I set up. Soon the director arrives, and while
we exchange notes about the rehearsal to come,
the guy stretches slowly in a corner, pacing each
move with slow deliberate breathing Continue reading

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