A contemporary poem about the doorway keeps its secret, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The doorway keeps a secret in its frame. I press my ear against the wood. There is a room breathing on the other side. I do not knock. Some invitations are kinder when they remain unopened.
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