Glossary of Terms
after Franny Choi
Bones | Ghost | Blood | Language | |
Meaning | A scaffold | A wound whose scab you keep scratching | Television static flowing down interconnected highways | The sharing of all within you |
See also | A pile of wood | Memory, legacy, trauma | Flesh, body, bruise | Body, mouth, tongue, vocal chord, left hemisphere |
Antonym | Ash, shell, flesh | Breath | Healthcare | Absence, faulty wifi |
Origin | Clay or a rib, some say. No. Primordial stew. | One singular moment of your life | Sap | A handprint upon stone |
Becomes in the afterlife | Means of travel | Breath | Emptiness | Vibration |
Franny Choi always does incredible things and pushes what we consider the boundaries of poetry and collections and language as a whole. You have definitely done the same here. Wow!