A contemporary poem about the door remembers the road, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The door remembers the road before the house. It opens towards dust, thorn and distance. I have only known it as an exit. Tonight, I face it from outside. The old direction returns without asking to be followed.
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