Louise Glück wrote that the “woman’s body is a grave.”
The Animal of Truth
You’ll get no arguments from me.
I’ve been watching my aunt sink ever more into it.
In this light
I can see the animal of truth
become you
unleashing equal parts delirium
and deliverance.
What can Time take
that you have not already
let go? Sight, sound, taste
returned to the next in line.
How expert you have become
in looking into the space
behind your eyes.
— “Animal of Truth” by Jiwon Choi
