A contemporary poem about a tool for no repair, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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I bought a tool for no repair. Its handle fits the palm; its purpose does not. I carry it from room to room. The loose things remain loose. Perhaps the hand needed work more than the house did. Perhaps that was the point.
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