A contemporary poem about the bent world is kind, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The world bends where the road meets the wall. No one notices; everyone continues. I place one foot in the bend. The pavement gives me back my balance. Not every distortion is damage. Some are ways of making room.
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