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Katharine Johnsen: Consolation

June 12, 2014 by PBQ

is to take your cast
from the atelier
to the foundry,
to let someone else
heat the bronze
so hot his skin—
not yours—might
melt as he fills
the hollow mold,
so that what remains
is something
you once touched
and never touched.

Filed Under: Contributors 89, Issue 89, Poetry, Poetry 89 Tagged With: Contributors 89, Katharine Johnsen, Poetry, Poetry 89

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