A contemporary poem about a purpose refused, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The object refuses its purpose with both hands. It will not hold, measure, fasten or point. I call it waste. It calls me impatient. When the light falls through its useless middle, the room becomes briefly beautiful and no one has to own why.
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