A contemporary poem about the manual goes missing, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The manual went missing first. Then the label, then the approved use. The object sat in the cupboard with the confidence of a seed. I opened the door and left it there. Not everything needs to be recovered.
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