A contemporary poem about the centre refuses a name, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The centre is quiet because it has survived the noise. Around it, the kettle, the keys, the unpaid bill arrange themselves like harmless witnesses. I reach for an explanation. The room moves my hand aside. By evening, I have learned to carry one unanswered thing without dropping it.
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