Open Closed Spaces

Shoes fly off
The feet of
A girl on
A swing.

The swing stands
On a farmstead;
Wheat fields
In the valley.

The land lies
In a photo
In the clutch of
An inmate.

The inmate
Sits on a cot
Within a cell
Up on a stage.

The stage rises
In an exhibit;
A wax museum
In a brochure.

The brochure rests
In the hands of the girl
Who's left her swing
To get the mail.

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