A contemporary poem about the calmest disturbance, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The calmest disturbance is the one that lets the furniture keep its manners. A shadow leans where a body should be. The curtains continue their small work. I pour tea beside the impossible. The cup trembles once, then behaves.
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