Tytti Heikkinen

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Non-Uniform Truth of Language

Let language become uncertain
so you may ride it like a wayward horse.
Sketch its image in rough strokes
so that breath fits inside
and the self becomes an interface
leaking out into the world.
Language is a system that is not alone
            your skin
is soft.
Sometimes hands are wounded
to take hold of
   everything

Tytti Heikkinen's work has appeared in journals across New Zealand, Europe, and North America, including Siècle 21 Littérature & Société, Acumen, The Offing, Ex-Puritan, and Maryland Literary Review, among others. She has also published one poetry collection and one poetry booklet in the U.S.