Distance
Distance,
the claw that crushes the bone,
exposes the marrow to the
relentless sun.
Distance,
the hammer that covers the shield
with sturdy nails, their iron heads
scorching the eyes of
hostile throngs.
Distance,
averse to swoons and sieges
shuffling as in a slow dance
along the thin brittle line between
the inscrutable and the
banality.
Distance,
obedient to a particularist law,
sowing the earth despite wide turmoils,
raising a legacy:
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