A contemporary poem about the wrong side of the picture, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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I entered the picture through its wrong side. The sky was cardboard; the ground was a held breath. A figure offered me half a shadow. I accepted, though it dragged behind me. Outside the frame, the world was waiting. I returned with less certainty and better balance.
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