You may have seen the poetry of Mark Strand on this site from time to time. I just found out something about this poem that I'm not going to tell you, because I liked it better when I didn't know.
OK, I'll tell you. He wrote it when he was 19. I liked it better when I thought the person speaking was older. Fascinating, no?
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KEEPING THINGS WHOLE
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.
KEEPING THINGS WHOLE
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.
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