I. space opened


My turn
to lead a seminar.  

"find a spot"
we instructed,  
"where nature            

is bigger than              
the city"

 our intent:
to open up
definitions of land. 

to provide space
for
non-human
animal
vegetable
and mineral bodies

To speak.


© mj barrett

     II. space closed

 closed down by classmate  

the request:       condescending to the city
the language:     not post-structural 

closed down by instructor

land & identity:  both essentialized

yet this
love for land -
Clothes I
wouldnot
couldnot  
(dare) not
shed