bloodletting i

This is not performance. It is ritual.

This piece is a reading of Aurora Gamourtian**’s**bloodletting i.
A compact drop. A spoken curse.

It’s a work of transcendence. Of fulfillment. Of realization.
Few works of modern poetry have struck me as profoundly as hers.

Every word is a nail.

i hold the little ball of blood in my hand,
and i ask it: drain the life from me.

Read the full text on her Substack:

Read the referenced work

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