TERMINAL POEMS

Gloss

05 / 40 · I. The Word

the words come back
changed

not wrong
but smoothed
the way a thumb
wears the face
from a coin –

each edge
that made it
singular
filed down
to fit the palm

you read your sentence
and recognise it
the way you recognise
your face
in a photograph
you don’t remember
being taken

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