HOMO-EROTICA
Projections of the body
floodlight with dust
from the machine,
androgynous Erotica
tracks sounds of
hypergloss. The body
appears on screen in a
collection of nude
images—they couldn’t
contain the agro of its
flesh. What
is Quasi-Cinema when
even light from the
machine appears to be
crooked? Collateral
composites of myself
crack as if my hair
contained gender.
The body Erotic in arc-
hive, I lent myself to
the digital glamour
of woman of man
of inbetween
of neither--
I exit to the next room.
floodlight with dust
from the machine,
androgynous Erotica
tracks sounds of
hypergloss. The body
appears on screen in a
collection of nude
images—they couldn’t
contain the agro of its
flesh. What
is Quasi-Cinema when
even light from the
machine appears to be
crooked? Collateral
composites of myself
crack as if my hair
contained gender.
The body Erotic in arc-
hive, I lent myself to
the digital glamour
of woman of man
of inbetween
of neither--
I exit to the next room.
Caelan Ernest is a nonbinary poet cyborg clubber living in Brooklyn, New York. After earning their MFA in Writing at Pratt Institute, they began working in publicity at Nightboat Books. They are currently in the process of completing their first book: a serial poem exploring how both digital & IRL environments cause the queer body to undergo multiple puberties. If you don’t see them on the dance floor, you can find them on Instagram @transputation.
