A contemporary poem about a different use for the evening, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The evening had a different use for the object. Not holding, not opening, not fixing— only resting its red weight on the sill while the last birds crossed the glass. I let it keep that hour. The dark seemed grateful.
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A contemporary poem about a use for the unusable, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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