by renée sarojini saklikar
That a bomb is made. That is known. That the bomb is set off, that is known, in the woods, outside Duncan, cousin-town to the village Paldi. * Of all the locations in Empire, real and imagined, past and present, It is here: June 1985, there are no straight lines— if there is a man, he is making detonation— Time loads up incident. In recounting there is implication. Describe all particulars. Piney scented, the woods. Where is the past also present we never speak of it
“Exhibit: in the woods, outside Duncan, British Columbia” was previously published in children of air india, un/authorized exhibits and interjections, (Nightwood Editions, 2013)