Hi.
My erasure text, part of a larger work-in-progress called Book of Thoughts, was published the other day at Ink Sweat & Tears, a U.K.-based poetry and prose webzine, whose “tastes are eclectic and magpie-like.” I like that.
Goodbye!
All posts for the month February, 2013
erasure published
Posted by sean on February 21, 2013
https://sd-stewart.com/2013/02/21/erasure-published/
the one and the other discuss the weather
What is up with this winter, other.
I don’t know, one, but it is a strange one for sure.
I have a bad feeling that this winter is going to be like last winter where I felt so unworthy of spring!
Ah, yes, I remember…you were in a state, one, a real fragile state.
I know! cried the one. What ever will I do if it is like that again?
We’ll make it through together. Please don’t worry, one.
Oh thank you, other, thank you…you are too sweet. Tell me again how you got to be so sweet. Tell me the story. Tell me, other, telllll meeeee!
I took a distance learning course!
Wheee! You are ridiculous, other. Did I ever tell you that?
Yes, one…many times! But now I must go lie down.
Ohhh…do you have a sadness in you today, other?
Yes, one, I do.
Can I help?
Just your being here is helping. The way I feel you listening even when there are no words, one…that means so much.
I’m glad, other, I really am…but this sadness, see, I just want to wring its spiny little neck! I want to banish it!
I appreciate that, one. I really do.
But does it ever go away, other? The sadness…does it…does it ever leave you…
Not really…there are always traces. But it helps to not feel so alone with it.
I like to help you, other. I don’t always understand but it’s okay, right?
Of course it is! You help me so much, one. Now, where is that chocolate bar you’ve been saving for emergencies…
Posted by sean on February 11, 2013
https://sd-stewart.com/2013/02/11/the-one-and-the-other-discuss-the-weather/
continuing studies in probability
I have suddenly begun encountering my neighbors all the time. Maybe they read what I wrote about them. Actually that is highly improbable. It’s funny to think about, though. Yes, it is. To me, at least. That they would intentionally make themselves more accessible to me based upon reading my musings on why I never see them is hilarious. But it’s more likely that this is related to the phenomenon I encounter with things like mist and nemesis birds, wherein something once recognized and acknowledged suddenly becomes omnipresent. Yes, that must be it. I must let it simmer longer, though.
A poem-fragment-something of mine called “The sights and sounds of leaving” appears in the 2012 issue of Paper Nautilus. Being a paper nautilus it only creeps out into the world in paper form. Copies are available here. I have one more forthcoming publication in 2013 (an erasure text) but that will likely be it for a while. The submission process strangles the life out of me and punctures holes into my dreamy writing life (for an extended even darker view, see also: this). I am reclaiming that life.
Posted by sean on February 7, 2013
https://sd-stewart.com/2013/02/07/continuing-studies-in-probability/
the one and the other tackle tuesdays
Hello Other!
Hello One!
How are you.
I’m okay. And yourself?
Well, I am glad we busted out of that place they locked us up in.
Yes, me too. It felt so ignominious there. That was clever of you to prop that door open.
Why thank you. So, other….it appears that this is a Tuesday. Usually we are in the habit of convening here on Mondays.
Hmm…I believe you are correct.
What do you think about Tuesdays, other?
Well, it’s my understanding that they are generally neutral.
Other! That is not what I asked! How do you feeeeel about them, other.
Okay…well, the icy horror of Monday has begun to fade a bit. I think Tuesdays are akin to sitting in a tepid bath. The top of one’s body is still chilly and the lower parts are only mildly warm.
Good analogy, other! I think you have something there. I hate tepid baths. They are of no use to me.
So what do we do now. I don’t feel much like griping about Tuesdays.
I know. It’s a conundrum. And I feel unsettled by the sounds of someone trying to saw a hole into our space here.
Yes, what is that? Is it the telltale saw of Monday still chiseling and chipping away at our souls?
Could be. All I know is I want it to stop.
Maybe it won’t until Wednesday. What a horrible thought.
Other?
Yes?
What do you think would happen if a being with no feelings came together with a being with too many feelings?
I’m not sure. I think it would be difficult. I think each being would need to be careful to avoid becoming a spectator to the other’s unique pain. They would each need to learn how to speak the other’s language. Wait…are you talking about us?
I don’t know.
Posted by sean on February 5, 2013
https://sd-stewart.com/2013/02/05/the-one-and-the-other-tackle-tuesdays/
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