A contemporary poem about the house misplaces a floor, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The house misplaces a floor overnight. My shoes fall through the hallway into blue light. Down there, the rooms are quieter. A child has drawn windows on every wall. I climb back before breakfast. All day, the house feels taller and less certain of my address.
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