Lapse relapse

Lapse relapse (2015). Ink and persimmon dye on kozo and hanji, thread. 8.5 x 13.75 x 1.5” closed, 8.5 x 26.25” open. Oberlin College Art Library collection.

Lapse relapse

A man was burned alive.
I’m not sure why.
A woman drove onto the tracks of an oncoming train.
I can’t imagine.
People celebrate
hangings of other people.
I can’t fathom.
Every morning,
A man visits his dying mother.
Another man,
just out of surgery, offers his food to a hungry woman.
A neighbor plows the entire street
A mother with a newly diabetic son takes pictures of the sky.
I coat everything I can find with persimmon juice.
I don’t know why.