I now replace desire
with meaning.
Instead of saying, I want you, I say,
there is meaning between us.
Meaning can swim, has taken lessons from the river
of itself. Desire is air. One puncture
above a black lake and she lies flat.
I now replace intensity with meaning.
One is a black hole of boundless appetite, a false womb,
another is a sentence.
[…]
Meaning knows …
Megan Fernandes, Friends with No Benefits
“The film, like life itself, had minimal
plot and extraordinary beauty.
The film, like life itself, was
slow and maniacal.”
Jennifer Bartlett, From “The Hindrances of a Householder”
