I was curious about the guard when she came over.
There was a gap between her teeth, coffee-skinned,\u00a0
in museum guard clothes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Around us the monstrosities of race, freestanding\u00a0
caricatures of the enslaved with robotic nerves \u2013\u00a0
a man strives after a severed limb; a girl whispers to a doll.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The guard asked if my shoes were Mary Janes.\u00a0
They were cute, she said, the shiny black texture,\u00a0
the heel thick as a potato.\u00a0\u00a0Retro, updated.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And look at the platform, I said. For all the floors\u00a0
she stands on \u2013 wood, marble, slate \u2013 a thick sole\u00a0
provides resistance. The man without his arms\u00a0
was still grinding.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The artist said she wants to create a better world.\u00a0\u00a0
I rolled a scene where I gave her my shoes; only I
was the hero. Instead, I smiled; she smiled.\u00a0
Survival of the human face. Maybe\u00a0
she\u2019ll come across the store in her travels.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I was curious about the guard when she came over.There was a gap between her teeth, coffee-skinned,\u00a0in museum guard clothes.\u00a0 Around us the monstrosities of race, freestanding\u00a0caricatures of the enslaved with robotic nerves \u2013\u00a0a man strives after a severed limb; … Continue reading