Shiver Poem, Whittaker, Roach Pierson

 

SHIVER

THERE IS NO PASSION SO CONTAGIOUS AS THAT OF FEAR.
Michel de Montaigne


*EBOLA * INFLUENZA* MEASLES* SARS* WEST NILE VIRUS*
DON’T STAND TOO CLOSE
COVER YOUR MOUTH
WASH YOUR HANDS

SHIVER

UNGUARDED ORIFICES
EPIDERMAL POROUSNESS
MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY
PRECARIOUS BODILY BALANCE

SHIVER

THE DISORDER OF MINERALIZED ERUPTIONS
THE DISRUPTION OF MIGRATING MICROBES
THE CHAOS OF MULTIPLE IMMERSIONS

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INVISIBLE MUTATIONS
INTIMIDATING EPIDEMICS
INEXPLICABLE CONTAGIONS

UP
AND
DOWN
YOUR
FLINCHING
UNHINGED
SPINE

SHIVER

 Elaine Whittaker & Ruth Roach Pierson