A contemporary poem about a calm thing out of place, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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A calm thing out of place can make the whole house self-conscious. The stairs creak with unnecessary care. The windows keep their faces turned away. I greet the object each morning. It never learns to greet me.
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