INSTRUCTIONS FOR STOPPING
By #DanaLevin

Say Stop.

Keep your lips pressed together
after you say the p:

(soon they’ll try
and pry

your breath out—)

―

Whisper it
three times in a row:

Stop Stop Stop

In a hospital bed
like a curled up fish, someone’s

gulping at air—

Massachusetts artist #DanaLevin (b.1969)earned a BFA from the #ArtInstituteofChicago and completed the three-year Certificate Program at the #FlorenceAcademyofArt in Italy. where she taught painting and drawing for another five years.