A contemporary poem about a body beside the answer, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The body stands beside the answer, not inside it. This is why the scene feels almost kind. Nothing is solved; nothing is punished. A hand rests on the table. A distant light refuses to come closer. I remain until the distance has a shape I can live with.
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