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Searching for a Mirage

Posted on by Désirée Jung
17
Oct

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A million possibilities, needles in red nail polish.
Centipedes in the garden on gigantic leaves.
Your words are unbearable.
The ladder is green and covers the asphalt.
Cars splash water.
Inside the eye, the car crosses a tunnel.
I need to protect myself against you.

Poem published in Mouse Tale Press

Désirée Jung

My name is Désirée Jung and my intention here is to immerse into words. Writing my biography is a bit like witnessing the spectrum of my own gaze – an impossible task, due to its volatile and vulnerable contingency. For that reason, I let the poems speak for myself. I can add that I’m a Brazilian-Canadian artist, lover of beauty and everything (but not-all) that comes from a feminine space.