A gunmetal labyrinth in the shape of a ring around the heart. I wanted to live outside structures, to go coextensive with their shadows. Now, inside the labyrinth, I take the left turn every time it appears. The left turn is the lucky one. To get in for good, or to get out for good.

metameat.net

The Warm South

Exists.

What goes on

Texts and images copyright (C) 2022 Pauline Kerschen. Layout adapted from the Single A Tumblr theme by businessbullpen. The Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) has zygodactylic feet, leaving X-shaped tracks with ambiguous direction. The Pueblo and Hopi used the X symbol to mislead evil spirits. Border folklore in the early twentieth century held that a roadrunner would lead a lost traveler back to his path. In Mexico the roadrunner is known as paisano, countryman.