The Five Wounds, Book Three · Trailer

All the Summers at Once: the trailer

Ten months running forward while every drawer opens backward. The camera goes round and round, because one turn of it is one hour of morning light. 100 seconds, 4K, with sound. Every line on screen is the book's own.

1. 0:00Two cups
2. 0:09One hour, one turn
3. 0:21Row 206
4. 0:31Two calendars
5. 0:43Through the ring
6. 0:52Kite
7. 1:03The train of summers
8. 1:16Seven
9. 1:23Prem
10. 1:26The ring-mark
11. 1:31All the Summers at Once

Every line on screen, with its time

1. 0:00Two cupsTwo steel cups on a counter at five. There were two cups to make.
2. 0:09One hour, one turnOne turn round the cups is one hour of morning light. Ten months is a long notice.
3. 0:21Row 206A spreadsheet at 4:06 in the morning: Things Mama and I never did. Everything I plan. He asks about lunch.
4. 0:31Two calendarsA paper calendar runs back while the sheet runs forward, until they meet on one square. You have the questions. I have the eyes.
5. 0:43Through the ringAn onion ring held up to the window. She cut them so you could see the knife through them.
6. 0:52KiteUp a kite string over the water tanks at dusk. No one can read the address on their own letter
7. 1:03The train of summersEvery window of a passing train is a different year. A thing found after is a wound. A thing found before is a conversation.
8. 1:16SevenTwo phones at seven in the evening. Call me every day at seven. For no reason.
9. 1:23PremPrem, in the morning light.
10. 1:26The ring-markA ring in the wood where a second cup has always stood. Keep the receipt.
11. 1:31All the Summers at OnceThirty circles at once on a calendar. Manu Vishranti.

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