A contemporary poem about what closeness costs, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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To stand this near another body is to surrender a little of the outline. Your shadow enters my weather. My balance becomes a public thing. Still, we remain two names in the same room, paying attention in equal instalments.
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