shi in Japanese means death / herself reflected / his singular possessive
projected by the he who (doer of the sentence) substitutes affection Kathleen Hellen
in other words indefinite/not quite determined / not that or this but object of the proposition Kathleen Hellen
we
not interrogating / pleasures of a self-delight that ravish the singularity —
transformed / non-binding / made undressed with stroke of luck to manifest
the force that topples worlds erecting boundaries / takes eternity into itself
—Kathleen Hellen, “Nadine,” Eckleburg No. 22
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Kathleen Hellen is a poet and the author of Umberto’s Night (2012), winner of the Washington Writers’ Publishing House poetry prize, and The Girl Who Loved Mothra (2010). Awards include first-place poetry prizes from the H.O.W. Journal and Washington Square Review as well as finalist for the Kore Press First Book Award and the Neruda Prize at Nimrod and two Pushcart nominations in 2013.