The Seated Woman
Clémence Dumas-Côté
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Éditeur:
House of Anansi Press Inc
House of Anansi Press Inc
Protection:
Filigrane
Filigrane
Année de parution:
2025
2025
ISBN-13:
9781487013301
Description:
<p>THE POEMS</p>
<p><em>You fell asleep on the tiles,<br>
a translucent peacock loomed,<br>
your sex opened and let out<br>
a very blue, very high flame.</em></p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p><em>You wore a split veil, that morning.</em></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Silent, nailed to her chair, the seated woman writes. She cracks. The poems fidget, slip their fingers: they seek to enter. Perched on her shoulder, the poems whisper in her ear. She captures their messages: “I love the sacred contortions you offer me.” The poems protest: “You're squeezing us too hard: careful, pet.”</p>
<p>More than descriptors, the words behave as commands or moves in a game—and the voice of the seated woman rises to play.</p>
<p><em>You fell asleep on the tiles,<br>
a translucent peacock loomed,<br>
your sex opened and let out<br>
a very blue, very high flame.</em></p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p><em>You wore a split veil, that morning.</em></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Silent, nailed to her chair, the seated woman writes. She cracks. The poems fidget, slip their fingers: they seek to enter. Perched on her shoulder, the poems whisper in her ear. She captures their messages: “I love the sacred contortions you offer me.” The poems protest: “You're squeezing us too hard: careful, pet.”</p>
<p>More than descriptors, the words behave as commands or moves in a game—and the voice of the seated woman rises to play.</p>