A contemporary poem about the hinge of elsewhere, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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There is a hinge between here and elsewhere. It turns whenever I remember the wrong room. Tonight, a stairway appears in the cupboard. I climb three steps and hear traffic. At the top, nothing waits. Still, I return downstairs with distance in my shoes.
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