Tag: mechanical imagery
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Why They Closed the Pool
I wrote Why They Closed the Pool after watching a drained municipal pool in late summer, its surfaces still carrying the memory of pressure. The poem studies how objects record disappearance—how heat, torque, and suction become the only witnesses left.
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Large Language Questions
I wrote Large Language Questions while testing how grammar itself can fracture under pressure. Each question turns syntax into a physical object—hinge, blade, lock—so that language becomes a machine grinding against desire.