A contemporary poem about the centre moves first, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The centre moves first. The edges pretend not to notice. A doorway narrows; the light changes sides. I keep my voice low in case the walls listen. Nothing falls. That is how the tilting begins.
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