A contemporary poem about distance keeps watch, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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Distance keeps watch from the edge of the field. It has no face, only a patient brightness. I move one stone, then another. The route does not come closer. Perhaps the way through is not a place, but the courage to remain visible.
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