“NO. 4 // BARNBURNER” is the fourth part to Lingua Ignota’s audiovisual project, EPISTOLARY GRIEVING FOR JIMMY SWAGGART, in which she recites letters she had written to Jimmy Swaggart, a disavowed televangelist, as a way of coping with her abuse. This one, like the second one, has a backing instrume...
Dear Jimmy,
Will you kneel with me when I am in terror? The past is my face pressed against a wooden floor. Holding the grain, bare feet, squealing. I am often there again alone, howling and unheard, when I want to be with you.
Dear Jimmy,
Will you kneel with me? I never stop bleeding. Barnburner. A bright snap in the night. I pretend I am not humiliated. Undone and rebuilt, again and again through great pains.
NO. 4 // BARNBURNER was written by Lingua Ignota.
NO. 4 // BARNBURNER was produced by Lingua Ignota.
Lingua Ignota released NO. 4 // BARNBURNER on Fri Nov 05 2021.