NO/BODY

The no-wave duo David's Sister improv performance "NO/BODY" during the launch event of Louis Armand's A Tomb in H-Section at the Místečko Art Space in Žižkov, Czech Republic.

Text:

Inappropriate
to not discuss the rights
of those who don’t exist
Those crawling
into noisy lives—
Noisy kitchens
Bedrooms
Balconies
The crawling
Them
With their pointy
Nonexisting noses
Making holes in the maps
Not respecting
Your country’s policies
As they’re nobody—
NO BODY
Unhoused
NOBODY
NO BODY
In need of understanding
and sex
Promised castles
and elderflower
smelling like porches
And the only one
human body
beloved feature that is the curse 
Being sent back to Earth
Being forced
to acquire
the predetermined occupation
of nonexisting body
with existing body
physiological feature
Almost unrecognizable
in the noisy houses
with busy husbands
and stir-fried beans
Nonarrestable
Dehumanized
Decomposed
Recreated
Wet
Still asking
for touch,
not doctrine
for steam off skin
dragging
their longing
nonbodies
through linoleum
worn smooth
by barefoot monologues
unpermitted visitors
of not existing flesh
They baptize themselves
in kitchen sink water
and wait
for the soft yes
of someone dreaming
While they press lips
to nothing
mouthing names
one drop
one almost 
touch--enough
to prove
their nonexistence
is just
poorly documented