A contemporary poem about before the world settles, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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Before the world settles, there is a clean hour of suspension. Dust hangs in the light like small decisions. I stand among them without choosing. Later, everything will have an explanation. For now, the air is enough.
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