“oxidising: a process where the vessel surrenders itself to
the same element that enabled
it to perform. matter gains a
corporeal sensitivity when it exists
in a constant state of flux”
- hosler and hallyburton (2019)
at a distance, for most eyes, red will be the hardest colour to see
and red is pain
as green is
or blue
and pink was a gavel and a belt
and now it’s a fuck you
now it’s a vested interest
now it’s something to invest in
you can make money off pink
which is red
pink doesn’t exist
except as distant red
informal pain
and slightly harder to see
a like-pink wound
can be learning
the sure incision of yes
growing in the thick bile
of
yes
yes is relief
and so is pink
and pink is inside and sometimes it is outside the body
or on top of it
or sewn in
or taken in a pill to invert reality
or injected
or carried by charisma or lack there-of
the body does
as it is done upon
and this is what power may be
a conversation on control
like helium
fills a room and is unnoticed
unless ignited or startled
or if we speak too close
we may hear the rearranging of power
the tightening of aluminium
where solidifying becomes a choice
to surrender to oneself means to listen
which is to engage with power
a dress fitting of control
a daily exercise in solidity
and then a memory
remains
when control is burnt
or pressurised
or current
becomes frightening and alluring
looks like time
feels motivating or motor
and that’s all you can see or do
and you do not take your shoes off to enter
you drink at the burial
like most do
and close your eyes for a while to think
and you watch pink
which is now volcanic
wet molten in the pool
and i hope you are jealous that
some have found an invisible rhythm
like gas
and you or we
have no idea what is coming
and that will often fill a room
and may offer some relief
