A contemporary poem about the impossible is domestic, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The impossible is domestic here: a shadow folded with the linen, a star asleep beneath the sink. I hang the washing in the usual way. The sky does not object. We are all learning how little wonder needs to announce itself.
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