A contemporary poem about the impossible on the counter, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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Something impossible rests beside the bread. It is calm enough to be mistaken for clean. I wipe around it, careful not to disturb the day. The toaster clicks. The object remains. A household can contain a miracle and still burn breakfast.
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