mary wants to be a superwoman by erica lewis book trailer

erica lewis’ “mary wants to be a superwoman” is available here: https://thirdmanstore.com/catalog/product/view/id/3177/s/mary-wants-to-be-a-superwoman/

“living in a pastime” written and read by erica lewis

video by camen hodges

erica lewis lives in san francisco where she is a fine arts publicist. In addition to mary wants to be a superwoman, her books include the precipice of jupiter, camera obscura (both collaborations with artist mark stephen finein), murmur in the inventory, and daryl hall is my boyfriend. she was born in cincinnati, ohio.

living in a pastime* for christine lawton

all my happy memories
were in the past
please somebody
stop my heart
from aching all over
the sky needs
to calm down of birds
the ground between
numbness and shatter
picture of your mother
when she was
young and fine
i was reminded
of iron’s roll in star life
our life
how we’re supposed to feel
like all the colors
are so much more beautiful
than before
i thought i’d be
dancing in the street
totally happy, like, yay!
but i just wanna
take shit for granted sometimes
be the fire part of fire
your words and thoughts
and aliveness
we threw basement parties
in pyramids
learned names
for thunder spirits
gospel testifying
translated into pop
we deserve
neither credit
nor blame
for our ancestors
but this
won’t set you free
it goes beyond
we should believe
in each other’s dreams
thunderbirds
are a dime a dozen
somewhere between now
and 1999
the last days
of drifting in daylight
there is no evening now
someone to be kind to
i’m a feather
in a manner of speaking
i’m dead
on the ground
oh make me feel good
rock ‘n’ roll band
i’m your biggest fan
but i can’t call it that
to lay by the trappings
to lay by your motives
here is a vision
of our ancient selves
the list is short
it should go on forever
and maybe one day
i will win
a race for you
we had so loved
everything
that makes us
human
love me til i’m crazy
love me til i’m dead
big mama thornton said
guide me home
it’s done
you were born

* “pastime paradise”