Words with Pictures

Words with Pictures is a weekly two-part post that pairs photographers and writers. The first week, a writer is given a photograph to inspire the creation of a new piece of writing. The following week the photographer is given a piece of writing and responds with a new photographic piece.This series is curated by Conveyor Editor Dominica Paige.

Hrvoje Slovenc and Vesper T. Woods {Part 2}

HICKEY IN THREE PARTS

She was bored, she wanted to find her voice, so the woman signed up for a writing class in three parts.

On the first night, her teacher said, “Now go home. Write about the person closest to you. Make it Funny.” The woman went home to her sleeping husband, watched his body sleep, wrote:

They are making love. “Take me like we’re 17 again,” says a woman to her husband. He does. For the rest of the week, the woman wears scarves, bowties, ruffled collars, to cover the mark. Each night he strips them off. Each night they laugh, drink beer, wrestle naked, proud of their teenage secrets.

On the second night, her teacher said, “Now go home. Use the same story from lesson 1. But make it Poetry.” The woman went home to her sleeping husband, watched his body sleep, wrote:

They are making love. Their love feels thicker in the dark. With delirious passion, tongue to throat, his lips deliver a deep red bruise. It blossoms. It blushes. She touches it the next day, missing him. It is trampoline love, floating, after all these years. With tears in her eyes, she is happy. This is her secret. 

On the final night, her teacher said, “Now go home. Use the same story from both lessons. This last time, make it True.” The woman went home to her sleeping husband, watched his body sleep, wrote:

They are making love.  

“Suck harder,” she says, to the mouth at her neck, “I want him to see.”

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Vesper T. Woods is T Kira Madden on the weekdays. She can be found on the internet at: {vesperwho.tumblr.com}

Hrvoje Slovenc (b. Zagreb, Croatia; MFA Yale School of Art) has exhibited his photographs extensively nationally and internationally, including Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, Museum of New Art in Detroit, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, and Museum of Arts and Crafts in Zagreb, Croatia. He is represented by Michael Mazzeo in New York.{www.hrvojeslovenc.com} {www.michaelmazzeo.com}