She follows the edge
of the bay. Ducks with their heads
under the water,
shimmering surface.
Coronavirus holds our
collective breath. She
puts interesting
small stones in a small white bag.
She seems to count them.
We all have our things.
The One with no second wan-
ders in everything.
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Metaxyturn Diaries 
the dialectical movement between singular and plural animages teh poem while the mysetreious ‘she’ draws the reader through the narrative at the level of action and suspense. The final line brings a sudden and welcome release of pleasure, resultiaotn of the narrative tension in an opening to a universal view which simultaneously ‘fits’ with the inveitable rightness of fit.
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