A contemporary poem about the object misplaces its meaning, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The object misplaces its meaning. A key becomes a seed; a mirror becomes a door. I search for the old definitions. They are under the carpet, asleep. I leave them there. The room is freer without its labels.
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