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Keeping Things Whole

Mark Strand

In a field
I am the absence
of field.
This is
always the case.
Wherever I am
I am what is missing.

When I walk
I part the air
and always
the air moves in
to fill the spaces
where my body's been.

We all have reasons
for moving.
I move
to keep things whole.

Added: 2 Dec 2001 | Last Read: 4 Dec 2008 4:25 AM | Viewed: 16642 times

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