| 09.02.19 |
In this powerful pamphlet, Wes Lee investigates how the body can play the role of both subject and object, challenging Cavafy’s idea of the persisting body-memory of desire.
In her opening poem, ‘Body, did you know’, Lee directly addresses the body, elevating it into the poetic ‘you’ and transforming the reader into her subject. She questions various parts of the body (‘Lung were you aware, heart did you witness’), singling them out and holding them accountable. There’s a sense of frustration in this poem, perhaps from the accusatory tone. Which part of the body is liable? Lee perhaps hints in the final sentence:
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