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Running on the spot


In the lost room lit by two candles -
was there a break-in, a shadow, a dream? -
running on the spot slows to
walking on that same spot to pausing on it
to the plaint of the comb, thought held almost
allowing a duet to surface for a
nanosecond, long enough for the blessed
primordial dance
to be conjured. Still here! Still here!