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#10¹

 

                a      bout                                of    ave

 

 a

                          seer                      flict

                       of                          by

 

       assembly              ave

         by                                                                          by

extremity                                         chance

 

                                                                        as

 

                      ice

 

¹ unerased from Act of the Commonwealth of Virginia:

October 1669, Act 1, 2:270: An act about the casuall killing of slaves.


ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTOR

grew up in Darlington, but is based now in London. He finished his PhD on documentary fiction and literary assemblage in 2019. He is currently researching decay in twentieth-century queer literature and visual art. His first novel, IN THE SEEING HANDS OF OTHERS, will be published by Serpent's Tail in 2022.


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