A watermelon must be listened to (2021)
somnambulant, buzzing, sibilant snapping, ignition anticipatory sizzle, oblong bubbles of speech the trip is already—outrage the way bugs bounce against screen door a murmur like a bedrock that disrupts and vibrates in my intestines
a stereo reminds you of more exciting times that were also significantly sick, though promising. what’s wrong with you? how could you say that to me?
my Chinatown mall
here sweetness sweetness, here sweet sweet. clack clack, clog clog, kang kang, marimba. skin skin skin.
(excerpt)
An exercise in translating sound into language. Audio recording of the search for Toronto Chinatown’s best watermelon followed by collective writing with Oles Chepesiuk, Yoyo Comay, Manar Moursi, Fan Wu, Justine Yan.
Published in A watermelon must be listened to. Fabrikzeitung, Nr. 369. June 2021.
