Feel Piece 4

By Hannah Ensor and Laura Wetherington

In meditation my thought-labeling
has gotten more specific: raging. capital. scheming.
What is the nothingness before the storm? I have tried
to be tzim tzum. I have tried to forget the word MARTYR.
So many parts of my life are like that, like when the thought comes
and I keep it inside. I'm a deep kettle whistle. I see what you mean
about the sun being sharp. My explanation for why
is under-scientific. Laughing forms kinship. Laughing is a way
to say I hear you. Or here we are. Sitting in a room creates a room
that we carry with us. It can be big, if you like.
It can hold your friends. Some feelings are for now
and some feelings are for later. I believe we can queer each other
through listening. I keep forgetting today. Did you get my letter?
My throat closed and I put brackets around it. I can't help but notice
how many of my feelings are about thinking.

About This Poem

"We were walking around together in the summertime in a place where neither of us lived. A lot was going on, as a lot is going on now, and we wanted to respond in some way other than a think piece. This led to us sitting together in the sun and writing a series of 'Feel Pieces' together. This is one of them."
—Hannah Ensor and Laura Wetherington

Hannah Ensor is the author of Love Dream with Television (Noemi Press, 2018). She works at the University of Michigan and lives in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Laura Wetherington is the author of A Map Predetermined and Chance (Fence Books, 2011), selected by C. S. Giscombe for the National Poetry Series. She teaches in Sierra Nevada College's low-residency MFA program and lives in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

Poetry by Ensor

Love Dream with Television

(Noemi Press, 2018)

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A Map Predetermined and Chance

(Fence Books, 2011)

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"Interim Poetics" by Wendy Xu

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