Stacey Tran is the founding curator of Pure Surface (a performance series that presents dance, poetry, and film together in the spirit of improvised collaboration), an editor at Poor Claudia and Pocket Notes, and the executive director of Project Cityscope where she founded The New Structure (a presentation series that shares new forms and definitions of placemaking and experiencing space). She lives and works in Portland, OR. www.staceytran.com
 
This poem is part of a longer work, End Solo, for a collaboration with the choreographer/dancer Danielle Ross. The collaboration combines original poetry with choreography for a contemporary dance called Togetherness. Togetherness is inspired by fragments of historical and mythological duets, including artist pairs such as Marina Abramovic & Ulay, Jean-Claude & Christo, and the work of Marguerite Duras, Virginia Woolf, Togetherness creates a new narrative that reconstructs and explores the synergistic power of two-ness.