A contemporary poem about the image holds its distance, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The image keeps its distance without becoming cold. I approach; it moves one breath away. We repeat this until the room is dark. Then I stop pursuing it. In the stillness, the image comes closer by exactly the amount I needed to see it.
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