Mark StrandIn a field I am the absenceof field. This isalways the case. Wherever I am I am what is missing.
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In a fieldI am the absenceof field.This isalways the case.Wherever I amI am what is missing. In a field,a fence, a road, a forest,a desert, the sea...In a field,what I am is whatis not there.In a field,I am what is alwaysmissing.In a field, I am whatis never there. In a field Iam whatis absent. In a fieldI am theabsence of fields.
Source: New Selected Poems
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