FLOODLINE
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Mr. President: Mr. President, Mr. President. Mr. President Sugar President Mr. President Mr President? Mr. President? Mr. President, Mr. President, Mr. Presi- Mr. President, Mr. President, Mr. President, Mr. President, Mr. President. Mr. Presi-sugar sugar. Sugar Mr. President, no no no no no no land land, land wild land naked mouth. naked bodies stare eyes, mouth foot smile foot land. cry. colonial colony colony, conquer colonial colonial colonial naked, colonial mountains citizen soil houses, streets, homes. “home” streets house streets home. house. luxury flooding luxury flood flood flooded poison grandmother, mother Very truly yours, chronic islandism
Floodline is a reinterpretation of The Crime of El Fanguito, a 1948 letter from William Z. Foster, a labor organizer, to President Truman. The line of text marks the “water level” of the space.
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Mr. President: Mr. President, Mr. President. Mr. President Sugar President Mr. President Mr President? Mr. President? Mr. President, Mr. President, Mr. Presi- Mr. President, Mr. President, Mr. President, Mr. President, Mr. President. Mr. Presi-sugar sugar. Sugar Mr. President, no no no no no no land land, land wild land naked mouth. naked bodies stare eyes, mouth foot smile foot land. cry. colonial colony colony, conquer colonial colonial colonial naked, colonial mountains citizen soil houses, streets, homes. “home” streets house streets home. house. luxury flooding luxury flood flood flooded poison grandmother, mother Very truly yours, chronic islandism
Floodline is a reinterpretation of The Crime of El Fanguito, a 1948 letter from William Z. Foster, a labor organizer, to President Truman. The line of text marks the “water level” of the space.
