Clockwise Cat Strikes Back
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Nonetheless, I have been rattled by her death; our exchanges online made a large psychic<br />
impact on me. Michelle was imbued with a depth of kindness and compassion that is<br />
rarely witnessed. I am so thankful to have known her, however fleetingly. And I am so<br />
sorry her precious life was so cruelly cut short, and that she had to endure such pain.<br />
I am going to pay tribute to Michelle in the best way I can - by allowing her poetry to<br />
flow through me and to magnify my own verse.<br />
Michelle, you were uncommonly kind and uncommonly talented. May you now find the<br />
peace you so richly deserved in your brief, brief life.<br />
“I stroll amid the blended sounds while I search for syllables to describe the moon<br />
arranged in awkward slices. Early spring and the north wind have me shivering. I set fire<br />
to my memory; I funnel color after color, shape after shape into the flames. Afterwards<br />
heat evaporates the night and the ashy wind seethes farewells into the darkness, walling<br />
themselves into and around better sound.”<br />
(Michelle Greenblatt, “Into and Around Better Sound”)<br />
Editor’s note: The poems in this issue are adorned with images from female <br />
Dadaists and Surrealists (such as Toyen and Hannah Hoch), among other artists.