KARI EDWARDS: THE PURITY OF NUMBERS = LOVE

I hope to see you tonight at this celebration of kari edwards. More details HERE. I will be offering an Ilokano translation of her poem

Y(word)=X,X=Y+Y+Y…
M+M (M+lines_=A
A/(_)=(_)

The poem is on pages 34-35 of kari's book IDUNA (O Books, 2003; you can see my engagement with IDUNA HERE).

The text of kari's poem is all numbers; its first line, for instance, is “1 2 15 24”. I chose this poem to translate because as far as I know, numbers are transgender.