A contemporary poem about the hinge in the sky, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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A hinge appears above the rooftops. The sky opens a fraction, then stops. Birds queue along the seam. I call the weather service. They ask for my address. I give them the horizon and wait for an answer to arrive.
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