19/04/2021
‘’𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦, 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦, 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦, 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘩. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘜𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘶𝘱𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘶𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴: 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨’’
This short poem by Dalia Maini is followed by a lengthy footnote in which she discusses with passion and fervour the impossibility of our identities. The societal pressures that pull us away from who we really are and the internal drives that beckon us back. As the title suggests, Maini’s writing style in this piece is verbose and erratic. We loved this unusual format and the structure of this submission which provides not only a piece of considered poetry but a free form, sprawling, stream of consciousness essay in the footnote.
Dalia Maini is a writer and curator based in Berlin. Her current project can be found here: @bitethesaurus, an unconventional curatorial project founded in Naples.
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