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How graceful some things are, falling apart

by Sarah Kirkland Snider

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How graceful some things are, falling apart
source: Jonathan Breit

How graceful some things are, falling apart.
Stopped clocks, a dancer tumbling, or a breaking heart.
A missing child, an empty plate,
the rust on a lost wind-up toy.
A shattered glass.
Or looming towers crumbling
into dust.

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