In a winding collection of poems and songs, suites and warning signs, Ms. Navin tackles a stark testimonial to the effects of sexual trauma on the cusp of adulthood.
Equations of words.
And poetry is an algebra to me,
a branch of my own formulation.
If you sit and watch a cataclysm
sizzle into the brain,
that wound tears open,
and a void remains.
Black hole of our universe--
Resist.
Listen.