"If they were fragments, make each piece sharp"
"If they were fragments, make each piece sharp" Originally published on Asia Art Archive on 13 March 2025 ( https://aaa.org.hk/en/like-a-fever/like-a-fever/if-they-were-fragments-make-each-piece-sharp/type/poetry-fiction ). Part of What Time Tells , an ongoing series on time and the problems we face today. Published in conjunction with Countering Time , AAA’s exhibition about archival time and the idea of afterlives. Zero: Ephemera; or, even mayflies understand time No one can stop me from doing something ( but you can hide the knife from me ); except myself. Whilst, “I can do anything for you.” I want to whisper to every one of you, closely in your ears. I have finally reached the sea surface, faintly breathing, with fingertips convulsing, or swaying. I have entrusted my last breath to what remains, so I can listen in, and I can regurgitate. Like a parent bird, nurturing immature birds in their state of fledging. Gradually and gently, they are armoured with tiny ...
