A contemporary poem about one inch from the world, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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I wake one inch outside the world. My hand passes through the alarm. The kettle boils for someone almost here. At breakfast, I press my shoulder to the air until the air gives way. Return is not a door. It is a pressure kept up.
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