-after Untitled by Gertrude Abercrombie 1951
Inside the crystal ball she tethers herself to a white cat, listens to its papier-mâché heart beat under a full moon. But maybe that sound just past the end of the frame is her own heart, strips of paper glued into a conundrum: How can she dance in a full length dress the color of the inside of her cheek? Should she kick the black chair that holds the door closed? The door painted white with destination. Her shadow holds a cage for the bird the cat killed two years ago, because she shouldn’t love with abandon when behind her back she crosses her fingers against the mystery of lost objects.
