Issue 2: embodied
i fall in love at a chip shop;
ronan fraser
Rude-boy, rude man? speaks
Something almost unheard
A something I never knew to imagine
It’s the ease of it, the loose expectation—
Rude-boy, rude man, speaks
Over-familiar
And it should equal discomfort except
Men are over-familiar with each other.
He is a stranger
The first to look sideways
And assume me into an another
With shorn-away hair and post-work clothes,
Look away quick now
Let me keep this moment
Forever
I stand in the doorway of #Fish
Rude-boy-rude-man speaks
Without thinking, classic
I fall in love with myself on accident
Awaiting a hot box of chips.
Ronan Fraser (they/he/she) is a Scottish interdisciplinary artist working across digital media, live performance, written worlds, and visual art. As a performer and maker they are interested in exploring surreal or absurd versions of worlds we almost know. Currently living in Kelowna, BC on the unceded lands of the Syilx Okanagan Nation, their research investigates a theory of recognition and relative identity as a counter to fatalism. They wish to tell stories, even if they aren’t always wholly true ones.