The Witness

In a winding collection of poems and songs, suites and warning signs, Ms. Navin tackles a stark testimonial to the effects of sexual trauma on the cusp of adulthood.

Equations of words.

And poetry is an algebra to me,

a branch of my own formulation.

If you sit and watch a cataclysm

sizzle into the brain,

that wound tears open,

and a void remains.

Black hole of our universe--

Resist.

Listen.