Lori Lamothe: A Long Sleep
Image: Unsplash, downloaded (https://unsplash.com/photos/XexawgzYOBc) 09.04.2022. At the American Philosophical Society in the City of Brotherly Love In this room of maps and glass cursive names roam extensive meadows full of buffalo-- the old world ink endlessly unfurling its elegant, black flags recording for fellow travelers the long and barbarous names given these parts. Conquest fades one word at a time. So like a kind aunt I'll call death a long sleep and assure you som