A contemporary poem about the world tilts towards the hand, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The world tilts towards the hand that touches it. I press the wall; the wall becomes a shoulder. I lift the latch; the gate becomes a question. Nothing is passive for long. Even a room responds to being entered honestly.
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