Sad Little Breathing Machine
Matthea Harvey2004

Units are the engines
I understand best.

One betrayal, two.
Merrily, merrily, merrily.
—from "Introduction to the World"

In Sad Little Breathing Machine, Matthea Harvey explores the strange and intricate mechanics of human systems-of the body, of thought, of language itself. These are the engines, like poetry, that propel both our comprehension and misunderstanding. "If you're lucky," Harvey writes, "after a number of / revolutions, you'll / feel something catch."

Titre original : Sad Little Breathing Machine (2004)