A contemporary poem about the strange shape at breakfast, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The strange shape appears in the cereal bowl. It has no taste and refuses the spoon. I carry it to the garden. The birds keep their distance. I leave it under the lemon tree. By noon, a new branch is growing around the question.
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