For Car

          Dear soft rubber,           hard metaldress me:one partat a timeinterjectwith vanity,shoulders nearbyhold arm above headpress face against windscreenstay

                                             MALLEABLE
                                             IN VASELINE

          Dear hard metal,
          soft rubber
address me:
          keep (p
          art
          s) separate

pull assembl
y
close, in case of

both hands on
a steering wheel, held
still

                                             SINCERELY, DON’T STOP
                                             SINCERELY, DON’T STOP

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This piece was originally commissioned by the Tributary Projects Writer’s Program, as an accompaniment to the exhibition Car by Angus McGrath, March 29 – April 2, 2018.

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