Reading Alison Veit. Zaubererjackl

– Pina

She fell to the ground in the middle of a fast food restaurant. Her parents slumped over her, cooing in distress. She was frozen in syncope. Her eyes stayed open with a look of pure terror. Minutes passed and she did not move. I believe she could hear, though perhaps sound was deadened by her mental state. I believe she could see, but how one sees in a dream.

I watched as others gathered, fixed on her petrified face. Each person looking to the next and hoping that someone could help. Nobody knew what to do. She remained still as I walked out the door.

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Pina invites you to a reading of Alison Veit's poetry publication "tick"
performed by Anna Schwarz
June 18, 6pm

tick

trying to keep time
I pulled down my clock
to change the battery
there sat a tick
I crushed it with my thumb and
stopped time

—Alison Veit

[Quelle: Einladung]

Anna Schwarz (Lesung), Alison Veit

Objects

(Archival material, Publications)

2017 Einladung: Alison Veit. Zaubererjackl (Archival object)
2017 Einladung: Alison Veit's poetry publication "tick" (Archival object)