A contemporary poem about the calm object moves first, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The calm object moves first. Not far—only from shelf to floor. Still, the whole room follows its decision. The lamp leans. The dust lifts. I stand where the object was. Sometimes change is a quiet thing leaving its place.
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