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I
Space is the soil where writers converge, and seeds of words are sparse, for sprouts of a poem may emerge.

II
Space, uncontained for words to be written and memory spared.

III
A writer fills space with words,
their given meaning challenges the intellect
their catching sense pervades the self.

IV
The muse is a reckless joker the luck to be blamed
for space is filled and erased by a writer with words that elate.

V
If this art entertains the reader, gracious, it is. If this art helps feed my hunger, sate be me.
But,
If this art is never read, someone may find it hidden in the crevices of space, reverberating, splitting, and merging in the dot at the end.

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I
L'espai és la terra on conflueixen els escriptors, i les llavors de les paraules són escasses, possible origen dels brots d'un poema.

II
L'espai, doll de paraules per escriure i memòria regalada.

III
Un escriptor curulla l'espai amb paraules
que desafien l'intel·lecte amb el seu significat
i impregnen el jo amb un sentit que atrapa.

IV
La musa és una bromista temerària, i cal culpar-ne la sort,
perquè l'espai l'omple i l'esborra un escriptor amb paraules exultants.

V
Si aquest art entreté el lector, gràcia ja no li mancarà. Si aquest art m'ajuda a sadollar la fam, prou em satisfarà.
Si mai, però,
s'acaba llegint, algú el podria trobar amagat a les escletxes de l'espai, reverberant, esqueixant-se i fonent-se al punt i final.
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