Ink Node: Lily Ladewig

Congratulations,

2010-01-27T09:49:37-08:00

You are my favorite person of the year.
Partial nudity means never
having to say you’re sorry.
You been keeping it real
like a violence. Like the devil
between us. I was born in your kitchen.
Your name is not Omolara
but you...

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[The problem with movies about air travel is]

2009-11-14T17:50:33-08:00

The problem with movies about air travel is
you never get to watch yourself take off
from the outside. When I was little I had to board a plane
from the tarmac and grabbed a grownup’s hand,
looking up to realize he was not my father
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My Midlife Crisis

2009-04-24T10:00:06-07:00

And then the mold came. And then the locusts. You went from crescent moon to triangle. There were songbirds in the palapa—no, there were spiders—yes, but seven of them were scorpions. I looked on the tree trunks as on dinosaurs and then the jeeps came. You went from half moon...

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