A contemporary poem about the scale tilts towards wonder, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The scale tilts towards wonder when I place a common stone upon it. The other pan holds my explanations. They rise, one by one, like balloons. I cut the strings. The stone stays where it is, heavy with its ordinary truth.
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