A contemporary poem about when the figure moves, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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When the figure moves, the frame loses its alibi. The field becomes a road; the light takes sides. I had mistaken stillness for safety. Now every horizon has an instruction: leave the place that explains you. Walk until the silence has a body.
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