A contemporary poem about a small failure of architecture, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The wall bows where the house is tired. A crack travels slowly towards the ceiling. I place my ear against it. Inside, the building is breathing. I do not patch the crack. Some failures are openings with poor public relations.
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