Sunshine Holiday
Sky Hopinka
Eidolon, 3 minutes (2021)
Haunty - Heart-o-matic Love (2019)
Perfidia
No. 16
No. 16
This is Eidos and Caprice, spanning and describing valleys
Cut deep by rivers pushing down on the rise of earth.
Their games were played and now what we have is a land,
And a space, open and full of vacant stories,
Slack jawed, and staring—waiting for what will come next.
While waiting they sing a song heard once on a radio
In a shop during lunch in the winter
With a love unconfined and unrestrained
And over as soon as it began.
The rhythms and shape never change
And EJ’s voice strains against the repetition.
This is the old way.
Maybe Caprice will take a break, and then we can take it easy
With the weights of history resting on the floor at our feet
As Eidos looks on and says “Hello, how are you?
It is good to see you again.”
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