POEM / The Eyed Ladybird

Every poem in Instar Hotel takes place at the same time, in a different room of the same hotel. The occupants are arthropod-people — a little like Gregor Samsa, except they’ve long ago adapted to their circumstances, or else were born that way, or else there is some other explanation. Here is an audio recording of ‘The Eyed Ladybird’:

Below are some Insta posters I made to go with it. The photograph of artificial eyes in metal sockets was taken at Hospital de Bonecas (the Dolls Hospital) in Lisbon. I was there over the Easter break — alarming to think that I just haven’t had the time to post anything substantial to this Substack since before then, but a long essay and several shorter posts are on their way.