S.O.S.  |  Sandra Lange  |  Nieuwe Nieuwsmarkt 2: Body politics  |  2025

the body
as a perpetual state of
non belonging

the S.O.S. signal
transmitted
is structurally ignored

a cadence of distress
that echoes 
pulsates
through our connective tissue

cells are rattled 
like microscopic maracas
performing a hypnotic rhythm
that folks have started to bop their heads to 

the disconcerting muzak
has become
an all tooooooooooo familiar
background noise
that has lost the ability
to communicate anguish

the repetition
is powerful
as it leaves
no room
for interruption or variation
it is able
to lull us back
to sleep

whose bodies?
are collateral damage
or intended targets
of a social structure
a medical industrial complex
a punishing pace
violence
extraction
a genocide

as it suppresses
and over-expresses
the perpetual friction
causes my body to go up in flames

the combustible body