A contemporary poem about the useless thing shines, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The useless thing shines at four o’clock. It cannot be sold, repaired or carried far. Still, the dust gathers around it like applause. I sit beside it until sunset. The day has made no progress. It has made a shape.
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