THE MUSEUM ISSUE Rosemary Klein   In the Museum of My Own Being The word palimpsest is propped against the word violet. You will notice where the shadow falls. The geometric motif in my thoughts can be traced back 7000 years. “Too Complex” 2001 Bound words, wrapped words, warped weathered words, tar, wire. “Difficult Abrasion” 1998 Words bound to composite wood. Tree gum, floss, steel and glass. “Mock Conversation” 1997 Buried words, plexiglas sheeting. “Accidental Desire” 1992 Oak wood, mahogany words, Persian rug, split arrows. I often don’t name a piece until after I’m done with it. My words join your words in an interview. I am receiving grants and fellowships, becoming famous. I travel abroad encountering influences and influenza. “The Language of Knotted” 2009 Gypsum, rope. Rosemary Klein is the founding editor of Three Conditions Press and executive director of the Maryland State Poetry & Literary Society. Her chapbook The Absolute Heart was published by New Spirit Press. Recent poems have appeared in Manorborn, Poems Against the War, Delaware Poetry Review, and the anthologies Octopus Dreams (PoetryinBaltimore.com) and Intimate Kisses: The Poetry of Sexual Pleasure (New World Library).   Published in Volume 10, Number 1, Winter 2009.   Read more by this author: Rosemary Klein: Whitman Issue Rosemary Klein: DC Places Issue