Echo Chamber—Mischa Willett
Stack Takeover: Mischa Willett. We’ll be reading poetry from Mischa every week, including four poems published for the first time on this Substack. For an introduction to Mischa, read Ben Palpant’s interview with him here.
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Echo Chamber
by Mischa Willett
They say about still-life paintings that they’re a dream straining against their frame’s edges, that they’re what we have instead of the bowl of fruit, gardens, or, pardon me, the pleasurable company of ladies. My having one is meant to prove in some sense that I could possess them if I chose to. The reason I’d picture a tea cup on the wall is to show a couple of abilities: one, mine to do as pleases me. And two, to say Hey, so what if I am by myself. I could have someone over for tea. You think I couldn’t have someone over for tea? I could. See?
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