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    The Weight of Objects
    The Weight of Objects
    The Weight of Objects
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    The Weight of Objects

    By Emma Dawson-Webb

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    This poetic meditation explores energy exchanges between the living and the inanimate, the real and the imagine. One anonymous woman's complex mind is revealed through her evolving and intimate relationships to the objects in her home. A proactive armchair, an ever-hopeful rusty nail, and a drinking glass with a midlife crises illuminate a hidden, colorful life and growth toward accepting change and healing.

    Emma Dawson-Webb knows that our most powerful emotions and desires manifest themselves in the inner and outer worlds of objects we take for granted. Her debut collection seeks the important lessons to be learned from paying attention.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Telling Room
    Release dateAug 26, 2020
    ISBN9781005239107
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      Book preview

      The Weight of Objects - Emma Dawson-Webb

      Emma Dawson-Webb

      THE TELLING ROOM

      225 Commercial St., Suite 201

      Portland, ME 04101

      ©2020 The Telling Room

      All rights reserved, including right of reproduction

      in whole or part in any form.

      Cover and interior design by Ashley Halsey

      Illustrations by Emma Dawson-Webb

      Author photo by Molly Haley

      Distributed by Smashwords

      also available in print

      To my mama,

      who stays up late with me to rearrange

      the objects in our house so it has the right energy.

      PART I

      Glass with a Midlife Crisis

      Familiar Change

      An Attention-Seeking Curtain

      Transformation

      Rebellious Bricks

      Demanding Armchair

      Calendar Tattoos

      Forgetting

      Liminal Stoop

      Empty Hope

      Missing Balloons

      PART II

      Puddle of Glass

      Eggshells and Orange Peels

      Pillows

      Glass Space

      Bad Luck Omen

      Old Hat

      New Coat

      Roots

      Graphite Freedom

      Acknowledgments

      About the Author

      Young Emerging Authors Fellowship

      The Telling Room

      Glass with a Midlife Crisis

      My favorite drinking cup is dying

      I think.

      Little amoebas of sweat

      are breaking out

      along her blue

      brittle face.

      Little bubbles

      caught inside her

      perfectly rounded glass

      start to quiver.

      A sure sign of distress.

      She’s crying

      a lot,

      at least once a day.

      Although it’s hard to separate the sweat of existing

      from the tears,

      I fear sadness has

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