Death by Sex Machine

very bodily & unflinching - unapologetically, & i loved the interwoven theme of digital/'artificial' bodies & modes vs. the physicality and its weight. i wanted to add the word "gross" in the list of words but without the negative connotation behind it. as Franny Choi wrote: "remember / they love their blood / even as they retch / at the smell of it"!!!!! (also where's the erotic tag?!?!?!)

i talked at length with both fai & kak gandari abt my thoughts on this rating - there are times when the motifs doesn't really ring inside of you, & i think that's how i feel about this. i'm just not drawn to frank depictions of the body!!!! maybe it's also the rhythm in some of this, idk it could sing to me a bit more. my favorite in the whole collection is Solitude (the ending piece) & also Glossary of Terms in terms of form experimentation - i loved it ever since i saw it posted on twitter, and seeing it in the flesh cemented it.

(read in 1 sitting di transit bookstore !! <3)