GOSSIP
Salon75, Copenhagen
2021, March
Salon75, Copenhagen
2021, March
GOSSIP,
deriving from ‘godsibb’, a god-sibling,
a gossip,
a close female friend
at the birth of a child
white lies lies white
A scold’s bridle, a witch’s bridle, a birthing’s bridle
They bend, they twist, they turn or change
born a witch not a wizard but a sorcerer sadly
Too dangerous for their own good, oh so dangerous,
they even laid with the devil, lol, can u believe
first a healer
then a sex symbol
now a comic; a nose with a wart
Split community
Soft immunity
No immortality
silence for labor
then the clock
the light, the workers’ rights
reproduction
construction and postpartum
a nuclear narrative
now a phantomous bridle
Who bends and twists and turns and changes
lullabies and bloodproof sheets
a kiss on the forehead by a gossiper’s guide
a gossip like we used to, parent
