for those interested in their bodies' languages, the patterns inside, the land beneath them, and the unknowable between all of us
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// POMANDER April 26–May 2, 2026 Item [1]: Antique silver pomander, South Kensington Museum (date unknown) Engraving from The Art of Perfumery The ring serves as pendant to a lady's girdle. When the cap unscrews, the pomander falls into six cores, each hinged to a central column. A slide opens at the angle of each core for the insertion of fragrant powders, camphor, vinegar on sponge. What you carry against your body, what opens only when you want it to, what keeps the world at a distance through scent. Item [2]: "How queer, the Hindus don't feed their cows although they call the cow 'mother'!" — Mulk Raj Anand, Untouchable (1935) Item [3]: "In the absence of touching and being touched, people of all ages can sicken and grow touch starved." — Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses (1990) The week separates what you call holy from what you actually feed. What you wear close to the skin might be keeping you from contact. The pomander swings open when you least expect it—all six chambers at once. Here, I begin my "pocket poem" weekly missives. Each one is informed by what I gathered the week before and the astro-weather I am reading for the week ahead. Below ⤵️ a screenshot of myself before a private astrology reading, recent, in paisley. |
KP Kaszubowski
for those interested in their bodies' languages, the patterns inside, the land beneath them, and the unknowable between all of us
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