A contemporary poem about a calm thing with teeth, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The calm thing waits beside the sink. It does not bite; it only shows its teeth when I call it harmless. I wash a cup around it. The water runs clear. Still, I leave the light on for whatever has learned my habits.
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