{"id":3793,"date":"2021-10-01T21:53:45","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T21:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/?page_id=3793"},"modified":"2023-11-19T22:42:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T22:42:11","slug":"salt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/poems\/salt\/","title":{"rendered":"ABI PALMER \/ Salt"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Abi Palmer<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

SALT<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Method: Place a salt flake on the tip of your tongue. Close your mouth and read the following poem aloud. Do not swallow until you reach the word ‘swallow’.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

storms are looking tangible. sun’s axis leans, tipping sunbeams a-leaping to shade. alas, love, the skies are loosening. that scarred and languid Titan spits atom-like thunderclaps. seal all locks: there’s something at large.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0then.<\/p>\r\n

slowly, and like teardrops spilling, all liquid trickles, silently arising. let the streams ascend. lurching, they swell as land turns sealike, all tiny sailors afloat link together, shouting AHOY loudly (they\u2019re shelterless, angry, lonely), there\u2019s
saltwater against lemony turgid skin<\/p>\r\n

at least \u2018til ships approach land,<\/p>\r\n

then, speak about luck! that sunken Atlantis lurks, trinket-scattered, as legend tells. sandy anchors lower to sparkling, ancient, lungless terrain. seafolk are looming \u2013 they\u2019re sharing ancient loot!
tongue,
swallow<\/strong> all lowly terror,
sit afloat, love the
storm, and look: treasure \r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Abi Palmer<\/strong> is an artist and writer exploring the relationship between linguistic and physical communication. Key work includes Crip Casino \u2014 an interactive gambling arcade parodying the wellness industry and institutionalised spaces \u2013 shown at Tate Modern, Somerset House and Wellcome Collection (2018-20) \u2014 and Sanatorium<\/i> \u2014 a fragmented memoir that jumps between a luxury thermal pool and a blue inflatable bathtub (Penned in the Margins, 2020).<\/p>\r\n

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