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Sarah Schweig: Tonight

May 12, 2011 by PBQ

When a man packs a lamp in newspaper, words rub off on his hands.

People build factories to build lamps.
They cut mountains open for a handful of gems.

Harvested for a misshapen pearl, an oyster’s whole life. Tonight,

a man sits at a desk and looks at his hands. Off the gems,
lamplight would glint. The pearl would be set in a ring no one buys.

You cannot reach me, he would write, if he were writing. You will not reach me.

Filed Under: Contributors 84, Issue 84, Poetry, Poetry 84 Tagged With: Contributors 84, Poetry, Poetry 84, Sarah Schweig

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