A contemporary poem about the quiet has been placed, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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Someone has placed quiet on the counter. It is wrapped in brown paper and tied with thread. I do not remember ordering it. When opened, it fills the kitchen. The fridge stops humming. For the first time, I hear what the house has been trying to say.
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