Still Life: An Argument
by Edward Hirsch
Listen, it only takes a moment
to move, to knot ourselves
together like the ends of a rope
longing to be knotted together,
but let's avoid it, let's wait.
Ropes, even the sturdiest ropes,
pull, they strain, struggle, eventually
they break. But think of it;
in a still life a knife
pauses above a platter of
meat, it only
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