A slice from the cake made of air

Synopsis

A Slice From The Cake Made Of Air Processes The Physical And Mental Trauma Of Abortion Coupled With The Desires For Sexual And Emotional Love Against A Backdrop Of Contemporary Culture--with All The Sexualization That Comes With Race, Gender, And Landscape. From Front To Back The Book Is Wound Through With A Single Poem Whose Language Is Permuted, Translated, And Retranslated (from English To English) As It Cycles Around Abortion, Both Asking What Artifact / Do I Resemble And Stating Small Love / Small / You Failed It / In Person. The Poems Directly Confront The Sexual Self (this Isn't A Real Orgasm, A Real Patellar Fatigue) And Take Up The Thesis Abstract As A Malleable Form For Interrogating The Inevitable Intersections And Overlaps Of Brains And Bodies. Sexy And Volatile, A Slice From The Cake Made Of Air Winds Over And Through Itself, With No Conclusions Or Solutions For The Mess Of Living In The World-- Lillian-yvonne Bertram.