Light Leaks Rg -

digital poem / simulated 35mm film strip (The frame starts dark. Then—a crack of magenta, a thumbprint of sun.)

rg— not a word. A wound. A color between rose and rust, geranium and grief. The sprocket holes blur. What was meant to be a face is now a geography of leak: orange rivers, green lakes shrinking into red. light leaks rg

It blends the aesthetic of analog photography (light leaks) with the evocative, ambiguous resonance of the letters rg —read as “are gee” (a questioning sound), R.G. (initials), or a visual color bleed between red and green . light leaks rg digital poem / simulated 35mm film strip (The

The film wasn’t loaded right. Or the back popped open on a July sidewalk— heat shivering up from asphalt. Light found its way in, as light always does. A color between rose and rust, geranium and grief