You can build the almighty commodity you can build alienation you can build German philosophy you can build Alexander’s bloody revelries you can build Maimonides the meandering exile you can build Sufi ecstasies out of Judaism you can build communism out of Dutch colonialism you can build the eye of Spinoza fixed to interstellar lenses you can build a tunnel to smother the stars
Andrew Rader Hanson is a poet and photographer who lives in South Florida. In his free time, he lifts weights, hikes, practices languages, and reads widely. His work has been published by Spectrum Literary Journal, Pembroke Magazine, The Hong Kong Review, and more. He has been nominated for a Best of the Net award and the Scotti Merrill Poetry award. His chapbook This Warehouse Manufactures Thirst is out with Bottlecap Press. He also co-founded the Vivian Laramore Rader Reading Group.