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Next poem is called
"Granite" for John Torres

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This poem has a speaker, and
the speaker is a sculptor.

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"The thing is not to
conserve mass, he says,

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but to release form.

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The figure, it is
space makes it.

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Granite now, it is another
figure, crystal grains.

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Odd quirks, flaws
to be made life of.

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Eyes walk into it,
led by details.

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Is there, they ask, a way out?

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The way in."

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I'd like to read that once more.

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"Granite, the thing is not
to conserve mass he says,

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but to release form.

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The figure, it is
space makes it.

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Granite now it is another
figure, crystal grains.

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Add quirks, flaws
to be made life of.

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Eyes walk into it,
led by details.

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Is there they ask, the way out?

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The way in.

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