On Staying
A small poem about an armchair, a grand vision and a patch of light.
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The armchair stands in the room.
It has no vision.
It has no plans to grow, either.
Light falls on its back
as though it had nothing better to do.
Perhaps it is right.
A man sits down.
He wears a suit
that promises more than his calendar.
For a long time, he says nothing.
Then he says:
We should think bigger.
The armchair stays as it is.
Outside, the future is being invented.
In here, a patch of light moves
from the armrest to the floor.
Nobody commissioned it.
Nobody measures its impact.
For a moment,
everything is in its place.
Even what is missing.
