{ Courtney Queeney: Theories of Existence. }

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Theories of Existence
by Courtney Queeney

Wine, for instance, being a voicebox,
shortcut from one hour to the next
when conversation is needed
to sustain a performance of normal.
Sold in stores everywhere.

Or wandering, an itinerant of the over-bright city
which exists as one unending hour of night.
Streams of people who don't know my name
walk by without even asking.

One of my self-portraits is a postcard
of an unnamed mountain in Italy.
Another one, an abandoned storefront's
can-can line of headless mannequins.
A candy bar wrapper. A stray cat. A nomad's pack.