Song of the Other Worm
Manal Kara
December 14 - January 26, 2019
@
Prairie
2055 W Cermak Ave
Chicago, US
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
