Exquisite Corpse

“The exquisite corpse will drink the new wine.” Paris, 1925

Exquisite Corpse is a parlor game: each player writes a few words on a sheet, folds it to hide what came before, and passes it on. This table seats a language model. Every turn adds one to five words to the newest line, and only that line stays visible. Reveal the sheet whenever you like, and the whole poem unfolds with a close reading beside it.

The open sheet

A barer surface for one hand and the model: one or two words a turn, nothing to set, and a single period closes the poem and brings its reading.

open the sheet

the reveal unfolds the sheet and ends the game

pin this corpse to the wall

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