Regina Rex - 221 Madison St. New York, NY 10002

In companion with the exhibition: Hand's Tide

I WANTED TO PUT THIS IN AN ENVELOPE BENEATH YEVGENIYA"S BLACKEST PAINTING
by Jennifer Nelson

�oh what a sticky tar sticky
picture of great great great great
great grandmothers still alive
a wig and seventeen green eyes and a
wrap it up with your fingerprints�
If you give me one real human child,
I�ll chisel its face black and diadem
its skull flat.
I�m sorry if that�s aggressive.

Jennifer Nelson is writing her PhD dissertation in the History of Art at Yale University and is an MFA candidate at NYU.
She is a poetry editor at Washington Square Review and co-curates the Cornelia Street Reading Series.

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