The Wrist & the Distance

The daughter kept arriving in forms the mother had not been given instructions for.

May 11 • Shannon Ratliff

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Ascension

This place where the skyscrapers grow scales, born from borrowed light bouncing off the tall, spindly walls.

May 4 • Shannon Ratliff

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April 2026

Still

It was April and it was always about to be something else.

Apr 16 • Shannon Ratliff

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Haiku 03

Bats see with their mouths.

Apr 9 • Shannon Ratliff

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March 2026

The Door Ajar: On Old Dolio & Emily Dickinson [HYPERREAL FILM JOURNAL]

Both women move through their worlds in bodies others try to read and categorize, but neither fits cleanly into the roles projected onto them.

Mar 5 • Shannon Ratliff

February 2026

The Map & the Territory

It’s not the unknown that undoes you. It’s the known that walks you into walls.

Feb 25 • Shannon Ratliff

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Enjoy This

You are here to generate joy like an engine.

Feb 20 • Shannon Ratliff

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Contra

Scan is to skim or examine closely.

Feb 4 • Shannon Ratliff

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January 2026

Homunculi

We used to think life could be coaxed if you assembled the right materials and watched closely enough.

Jan 29 • Shannon Ratliff

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Haiku 02

Art’s embarrassing,

Jan 22 • Shannon Ratliff

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The Body & the Weather

There was once a woman who learned the day through her muscles first.

Jan 15 • Shannon Ratliff

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when did you go offline?

We all agreed, golden hour is still broad daylight.

Jan 7 • Shannon Ratliff

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