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turtle
ekphrastic for Samantha
Li’s ‘Great-grandfather’
(a Young Archie)
here he is
in beard and wrinkles
red nose refreshed with paint
grandfatherly, in striped shirt
this is the wisp of a man
wry but kind
chess framing
scratchy old walls
bring him to see
a turtle is time itself
he possesses
take these mechanics of touch
blown paper
on which to print
it’s a secret
no shape is more than that
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