Andrea Abi-Karam
airpor\t spontaneity
lines worn in beneath feet
the pull to grind heels in even
harder
when there’s no cycle of
disinhibition
anything can happen along
the scaffold of a route
or direction or gig
the richness of exp
that swells around
the gig
_temporary_interruption_
_disruption_of_hyperegulated_
_pattern_recog_
the quiet moments curled up
in b/w all the intended ones
submerge w/n creek membrane
sitting @ the gate
coated in yr ebb
that feeling [sudden]
the ways in which
the /crack/ of
roadside dust feels
beneath my feet
2 be marked by something
larger than myself
external—external
biologic—geologic
systems that witness
time w/ seismic veins
v. muscle aperture
some part of me thinks
i’ll live forever
not counting sand
no scarcity of pieces
running in b/w fingers
liquid metal
highlights each
opening
nervous about making it back
i don’t swim too far out
but today i swim out
far enough to see
the unfurling of the
shoreline
R hook / pastel movie sets
just a glimpse
another kind of life
satisfied w/
one type of motion
rise & fall / approach & recede
roll / bend & crash
i’ve never really thought about
owning property
& as an abolitionist
/ LAND BACK /
i don’t
the very idea of needing
to be somewhere forever
is so....disturbing
i crave the heave of an engine
hot groans of the pavement
throttling thru unlivable
yet gorgeous terrain
shed layers + exhale
across unknowable
maps
now a few xtra
stretches of space b/w
rib /cage
when i make it past
the violence of TSA
it’s freeing to be
anonymous
@ the gate
everyone going
somewhere
waiting on
stretched leather
overlook jetbridge
& release glitch_stop
to the next place
shoulders fall back
maybe one of
the flight attendants
is gay & doesn’t become
annoyed when i ask
for a coffee refill
wanting to stay sharp
in those
quiet, disconnected
moments
just theta waves
& full body simu
motion & at rest
time dilates
miles @ a time
indulge in the possibility
of it all
for awhile i took on
Xs fear of flying
but realized it wasn’t the
hurtling but the lead up
TSA eyeing my many
metallic cocks
& golden skin
like a loaded gun
but
if i blow up the airport
it would take so much longer
to get everywhere
meet someone on tour
& _immediacy_
if u don’t like each other
it doesn’t matter
bc u leave the next day
but—what if you do?
sahar says ppl come into
yr life for A Reason, A Season,
Or A Lifetime
+ then
break down
the invisible lines
that hold us back
from naming
what we want
saturated in idk
attaining the future?
appearance of unruly formations
far beyond the end of
fwd facing perspective
all lines pt towards the horizon
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i hv a hard time saying no
to a gig
honestly it's enough to get me
pretty much anywhere
sink into
collection of quiet moments
b/w constant
shutter eye clicks
breath quick
slip through
digital border
heartbass heavy
behind eardrum
sink in2
stretched leather
let the adrenalin
recede & overlook
the gateway’s
fissure in restraint