A Brief Dispatch from the Anthropocene

Dave BontaAnxious

sweating in the shade the boulder and I

I’d shave my head but it only brings the sun closer

closer still a mob of crows re-convenes in my ear

iridescent midnight feathers aimed at an owl

The video is kind of a personal proof-of-concept showing I can make a videopoem entirely on the phone, using the dumbed-down version of iMovie it came with. I’m aware that there are more sophisticated video-editing apps; I’m just being lazy (and cheap). I’m fairly happy with the text of the poem, though. It might be pointing somewhere useful.

Dave Bonta

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sweating in the
the and I
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