The Witness

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.