A contemporary poem about a strange thing learns the house, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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At seven, the strange thing opens the curtains. At eight, it waters the plant. I never taught it the routine. By evening, the house is almost ordinary. Then it sets one extra place at supper. I sit there before I can decide.
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