A contemporary poem about a job for the unneeded, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The unneeded object sits in the open window. Wind passes through it without instruction. I ask what it contributes. It holds the view in place. That is not a small job. The whole afternoon depends on seeing it clearly.
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