A contemporary poem about the scale leaves a blank, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The scale leaves a blank where my weight should be. I step off; the blank remains. Around it, the room continues to measure chairs, cups, light. I am not lighter. I am less available to the numbers. The day begins without a verdict.
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