A contemporary poem about hinge work, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The hinge works all night at its tiny labour. Open, close. Open, close. The house rehearses leaving without leaving. At dawn, I oil the hinge. The silence that follows is not peace. It is the sound of a choice waiting to become weight.
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