A contemporary poem about the stranger in the fruit bowl, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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There is a black stone among the oranges. It has the patience of something that has crossed water. I ask who placed it there. The fruit says nothing. By morning, the stone is warm. I take it outside and the garden makes room.
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