Gaëlle • still
• the odour of fish • at
her new
place • it’s even less comfort •
able •
and dark •
putting artificial h •
air in my hands • she
has instructed me
• to part the
strands • comme
ça
• so she can •
braid me up, braid me •
down • fast • the
quick, ongoing metamorph • o •
sis • the pulls, the pains, the pieces, the fish
smell •
I know she’ll have to • run down soo •
n •
off to Paris • for the weekend • to
drink
with her friends • after this metamorphosis, after • fastening
bait • to rod
• run • run down to the dirty gare • to find
any car • heading t
o Paris
Lee
Spring Sprout (detail), 2018
Acrylic on wood, 15 x 20 x 3.2 cm