A contemporary poem about the calm has an address, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The calm thing is not everywhere. It lives behind the second door, beside a box of old receipts. I find it when the house is loud. It does not quiet the noise. It gives the noise a place to stand without becoming me.
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