A contemporary poem about the object takes the long way, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The object took the long way home: under the bed, through the cupboard, along the seam where dust keeps records. When it arrived, the room was older. I had expected an explanation. It brought back a different silence.
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