
AVAIL is an original poem written by Julie Marie Wade and interpreted by Layla Pizarro. Pizarro is a multidisciplinary artist based in Chile. Her practice bridges two distinct realms: figurative realism and non-representational abstraction. Her works are a reflection of her days and her experiences, ranging from analog and digital painting to digital and experimental photography. She also uses AI as a generative tool. — Avail If the poem could stop writing itself, it would. Ageless perpetua, carbon to stone, lead and the softer metals. I put jade in the door, to prop it open, but the keyhole is hungry and swallows my treasures whole. Inside is a room with cylindrical walls and a ceiling occasionally shaken. Mine. Erasure. Ours. Under your feet a new callus forms. My fingers relinquish: hard water, phosphorous bones. Together we thresh the roses.