A contemporary poem about the impossible sits down, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The impossible sits down at the kitchen table. It asks for tea, then waits for the kettle. I keep looking for the trick in its hands. Nothing disappears. A spoon touches porcelain. By evening, the room has accepted one more chair.
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