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Plenty Rats in Shanghai

By 12 November 2015July 30th, 2026No Comments1 min read
Rats in Shanghai

RATS in SHANGHAI


A fragmented experimental poem using visual structure and compressed language to explore survival, consumption, and the uneasy relationship between human systems and the natural world.

CHI’S
FORM
DELI-
SHOS
X-
TRACT
MEAL
2
AT-
TRACT
RATS
ON
FARM
LAND
TO
EAT
&
NUMB
HER
THEN
SIZZLE
THE
VEINS
LESS
RAT
SUSSES
TRAP
&
DEC-
LINES


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