When the world ground to a halt, a miasma of dread and decay festered, slowly consuming.

Some fell under death’s cloak, while others camouflaged under its fiber.

A glimmering defiance

KALLIMA (2021)

brushed fiber,

thread wrap vines,

cotton corset body,

taffeta carapace,

taffeta wings,

dyed, by the hand

unfurled, by sequin

glimmered,

with glass.