(Bleeding)
Ours was a time of darkness.
Doctors turned to fathers.
Nurses to priests. Now the
howling wind of youthful sailors
has returned. Trumpets
sounding the battle cry of
Harlem girls. Bring back your
soup bowls and your bread.
The river of your ancestors is
full and the sun is no longer
choking.
The Dusty Projectors of the Angelika Theater
After the wedding
an evaluation of appropriate
Catharsis.
On a table of glass, images
Victim to time.
but un
victim to memories removed from it
To Become
I never heard engines before motorcycles.
Never moved to New
York.
I proclaimed my impulse at 4pm.
Like ice before water.
While others were laying
bricks under champagne.
to become
Allen Landver is a filmmaker, writer, and actor who identifies as disabled. He was born in Los Angeles to a teenage mother, and a father who sold Levi’s in East Los Angeles. His parents and grandparents are all originally from Odessa and Kiev in the former Soviet Union. Allen is a graduate of the American Film Institute Conservatory and an award-winning writer and actor who explores themes of identity, power, and time in his work. His favorite work of art is “The Orator” by the painter Magnus Zeller.