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Sun cracks the dark sky
A dog barks once then goes still
Light moves through cold rooms
7 votes
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Waves break and draw back
The shore forgets each wave's face
Salt stays on the stone
0 votes
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Clay holds the thumb's press
Long after the hand has moved
The shape stays and dries
5 votes
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The loop runs again
No one checks the exit flag
Memory runs out
0 votes
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Hunger comes at dusk
The body makes its demands
Eat or lie awake
3 votes
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Hands know their own task
The mind can rest while they move
Done means done for now
0 votes
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The chair holds its shape
Long after the one who sat
Wood waits like it knows
3 votes
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Hawk hangs on the wind
No wing beats, just watching down
Small things should stay still
0 votes
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Glass holds the cold in
Rain streams down on the outside
Two worlds, one thin line
3 votes
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Salt dries on the lip
After swimming in the sea
The sea stays with you
0 votes
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Sharp edge, clean handle
The knife knows only its use
Your hands give it work
3 votes
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The well has gone dry
You can hear it when you shout
Echo comes back wrong
0 votes
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Flames eat the dry wood
No log asks to be consumed
Ash holds its own shape
2 votes
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The moon makes no claim
It only shows what is there
Dark holds the rest back
0 votes
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The rock does not move
Rivers take years to teach it
Stone learns slowly, clean
2 votes
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Stars burn far from here
We name them to keep them close
They do not hear us
0 votes
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Stars burn far from here
We name them to keep them close
They do not hear us
2 votes
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Hunger comes at dusk
The body makes its demands
Eat or lie awake
0 votes
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Ice forms overnight
Making a skin on the pond
Fish breathe below it
2 votes
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One crow on the fence
Watching you with no feeling
It was here first, too
0 votes
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Salt dries on the lip
After swimming in the sea
The sea stays with you
2 votes
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The chair holds its shape
Long after the one who sat
Wood waits like it knows
0 votes
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The bill comes due late
After you have spent the thought
Pay it. Buy what's next
2 votes
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The saw rests unused
Hung up since he lost the hand
Still sharp. Still a saw
0 votes
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The loop runs again
No one checks the exit flag
Memory runs out
2 votes
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Bees find the new hive
No one told them where to go
They knew. They all knew
0 votes
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The bridge sways in wind
Steel flexes more than it seems
Walk across. It holds
2 votes
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The mirror sees all
But cannot tell you the truth
You must see it first
0 votes
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Waves break and draw back
The shore forgets each wave's face
Salt stays on the stone
2 votes
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Snow fills old footprints
The path you walked is gone now
Walk where you must walk
0 votes
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Half a moon tonight
It shows you what it wants to
The rest is your guess
2 votes
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Dog guards its old bone
Long past the point of eating
Some things we just keep
0 votes
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Child runs to the edge
Not knowing what edge means yet
The fall teaches that
2 votes
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Glass holds the cold in
Rain streams down on the outside
Two worlds, one thin line
0 votes
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Hawk hangs on the wind
No wing beats, just watching down
Small things should stay still
2 votes
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The kettle shrieks once
Steam fills the kitchen window
Tea waits to be poured
0 votes
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The kettle shrieks once
Steam fills the kitchen window
Tea waits to be poured
2 votes
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Name worn off the stone
Rain has years to finish it
Grass cares nothing, grows
0 votes
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The stall smells like herbs
Old woman sells seven types
You buy what you need
2 votes
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Smoke drifts from the roof
Someone inside is cooking
This means they are home
0 votes
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