A contemporary poem about the object’s quiet refusal, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The object refuses to be useful. It will not open, close, carry or measure. I place it beside the window. Light passes through its stubborn middle. For one hour, the room has a centre that asks nothing of me.
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A contemporary poem about a use for the unusable, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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