A contemporary poem about the vase leaves the table, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The vase left the table after midnight, slid past the sleeping chairs, and found the coldest square of floor. In the morning, flowers stood in it still. Only the room had changed its mind about where beauty was allowed.
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