five thousand dollar camera
fixed in a tripod
same location every morning
ten years one photo
federal regulations
prohibit hanging
banners from the monument
a woman's long thin
fingers kneading eggs
into soft yellow clay
experience points
earned for being
mean to my readers
atmosphere of crime
try not to think of the poem
gasoline heat of torches
i hope
to level up
soon please god
Alison Knowles at MoMA in 2011/Robert Caplin for The New York Times