A contemporary poem about object after its instructions, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The object has forgotten the job it was given. It sits under the desk, warm with disobedience. I offer it a manual. It refuses the page. By lunch, the room has changed its workflow to include one useless, shining thing.
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