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Shut the left door quietly,
the right
will stay bare
and open,
without shades nor curtains.

Wind down to start the next,
you are
helplessly
on your own,
but powerless to be alone.

Go back to the daily stretch,
neck
and shoulders
knees
and toes,
stiff and harden, ordinary and stowed.

Make every effort to reach that sweet old twinge,
hold it
know it
iron out
and remain,
to enter rest in the pleasure of the breathing pain.