Elizabeth Willis - Plot

The second stage is sleeplessness.

At first there was worry.

The third stage is “ordinary people.”

The fourth: what to do.

 

The first stage is chaos.

The second is invention.

The steam engine. The napkin.

The picnic table. Money.

 

First you were walking across a bridge.

Then you were flying.

Then you were sweeping the floor.

 

First comes love.

Then nausea.

 

First pleasure.

Just a little pinch.

 

First the pupa, then the wings.

Wordlessness. Night.

 

The first thing is labor.

The second, w...