Transplants, III

By | 13 May 2024

—For Shin Hae-uk

This is no small thing—the borders glossing the room
are large enough for her to visualise being placed somewhere
other than this location. Room for error, she figures, while
performing her daily stretches to increase muscle and joint
mobility—mostly to relieve the pain pre-existing in her current
situation. A report submitted to the board specified that no one
knew her well enough to befriend her, and she now understands
that this was a mistake. Lying with her back against the floor,
knees bent, she rotates her hips and the knots in her lower back
loosen. Inhaling a deep breath, smelling the dirt beneath her,
she whispers—even though I have been stripped of installation
I know I deserve money in my life.
Tracing the beads of sweat
beneath her bustline, she trembles with the conviction that she,
in the centre of the room, is embodying her ultimate address.

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