For Imad Buali
Born in the Middle East, but having lived most of
his life in the West, he tells me that he’s decided –
inserting a DVD of his last trip to Saudi Arabia –
to move back there for good. The screen warms
with his brother playing the lute on a sofa, wearing
a pair of jeans.
He’s tired of […]
Filed under: Mark Lavorato by akublik Date 2 October, 2008
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This is long, long after you,
though once it was your kitchen.
Some of your cutlery is still in the
drawers, artifacts that will help us
learn how you lived, elucidate
your day to day routines.
Small animals skitter along the
warpings of your floorboards, beneath
the counter with its matted heap of
leaf litter; tendrils of green sprouts
spiking through the detritus, the […]
Filed under: Mark Lavorato by akublik Date 29 September, 2008
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