Hermelinda Hernandez Monjaras – BRAINFØG I

Posted byAngela Chaidez VincentPosted inHermelinda Hernandez Monjaras
Visual poem with a title that reads: BRAINFØG I. There is a light gray, swirling image behind the words. The poem’s orientation is landscape. On the left-hand side of the poem, the text reads: his mouth dances in the fracture of midnight he drinks and shouts he says he will quit smoking he says he will quit life he plucks a pearl from his saliva he lays on the floor asleep my mother’s neck sinks on the ground I hear him murder her black coffee I witness him burst with laughter ants & cockroaches spread wild a faint tune passes by On the right-hand side of the poem, the text reads: her mouth aghast chewswallows abdomen shrivels everywhere the ocelli mandible protrudes jaw caterpillars a woman’s head hollows limbs femur wings muscledevice bulges torso dismembered everwhere spines On the bottom of the poem, the text reads: my fehtar gbars a kfine & smrots idisne the tub. he sbats or cuts his fegnir. He gbars a plie of pioralod potohs and traes tehm. I saenk the tron peceis idisne a bag. I get a gspmile of my mehtor. seh’s wniraeg a wtihe selevirhd sriht. his eeys are bniglug bohsdoolt. tehy are snidnatg nxet to a car. pnie teers erehwyreve.

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Artist’s Statement: For The Fresno 15 Creative Writing Marathon, I used 15 Rorschach I made by dabbing a red rose with paint onto paper. This series is an attempt to write on brain fog: forgetfulness, incoherent thoughts, mental fatigue, lack of clarity, and more. Each day became a challenge: the strings attached within me were reluctant to push, create, and pull; memory became a mass of confusion to frame. Luckily, these 15 days were possible due to persistence and help from my mentor, Anthony Cody, author of The Rendering. Lastly, this series is one step forward toward my future poetic work.

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