An unanswered presence has weight, but the speaker discovers that carrying uncertainty differs from carrying defeat.
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The unanswered thing is not empty. It has a shoulder, a dark pocket, a way of leaning against the day. I carry it until dusk. Then I set it down. It keeps its weight. I keep my hands.
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