Poetry and Photography by Nadia Gerassimenko

dolores reads I

“silence pauses
difficult experiences. 
 
i better
step away.”

Source:Setoodeh, R. (2020). Kate Winslet on Woody Allen, ‘Wonder Wheel’ and the 20th Anniversary of ‘Titanic’. Retrieved from Variety.

dolores reads II
 
“you want a witch-hunt
where every guy
 
is to defend himself.
you hope this could be
 
transformed into
your movie
 
and turn out to be
true.”
 
 
Source: Barraclough, L. (2017, October 16). Woody Allen Clarifies Weinstein Comments: ‘He Is a Sad, Sick Man’ (EXCLUSIVE). Retrieved from Variety. 
 

dolores knows
 
money speaks power,
creating fog in facts.
 
of him she said, speak out;
of him, you step away.
 
of him, be furious;
of him, it’s dangerous.
 
of him, it’s overdue;
of him, it’s difficult.
 
money buys silence,
the silenced 
 
fogged in 
power/lessness.
 
 
Source: Op-Ed: Dylan Farrow: Why has the #MeToo revolution spared Woody Allen? (2020). Retrieved from Los Angeles Times.

dolores witnessed/s
 
little flowers
spoiled / stolen by a
voracious piranha / pariah 
in rumpled khakis.
 
 
Source: Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images. (2018, September 17). After Decades of Silence, Soon-Yi Previn Speaks. Retrieved from Vulture.