tender roots
︎︎︎ Maija Ekey
︎ AUG 6, 2022
BRAID & drive together
no nothing
peak & pull 000 same direction extended loop
hit of the hologram liteleak transparency
3vrsns aligning to remind me what it was like to fall asleep & wake up in
different homes other homes my own & pit stops along the way with
crisp sheets & tight bodies got somewhere got it good keep reminding
me keep finding the invitation at a different post office in a new town
remembered the myth & thought it better to sleep & breath
difference thru repeated actions
root the knowing
honeysuckle & daffodil
known solidification
in expansion
e n chanted
release any explanation
or make it juicy comedy
no nothing
peak & pull 000 same direction extended loop
hit of the hologram liteleak transparency
3vrsns aligning to remind me what it was like to fall asleep & wake up in
different homes other homes my own & pit stops along the way with
crisp sheets & tight bodies got somewhere got it good keep reminding
me keep finding the invitation at a different post office in a new town
remembered the myth & thought it better to sleep & breath
difference thru repeated actions
root the knowing
honeysuckle & daffodil
known solidification
in expansion
e n chanted
release any explanation
or make it juicy comedy
Maija Elizabeth Ekey is a writer and artist living in Pāhoa, Hawai’i. Maija holds a BFA in Printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design and a Master of Science in Teaching from Pace University. She’s published work with Women.Weed.WiFi, Perennial Press, DOLLFEEDER, Recenter Press, Girls Get Busy, Arteidolia Press, and Bluestockings Magazine. Her visual work has been exhibited globally.
Also by Maija: oatstraw