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90 Degrees

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© Matthew Word Bain

flatbed, fire hydrant
level and plumb
stabilizing features

light pole, railroad bridge
vertical and horizontal
features of the landscape

valley wide, mountain high
expansive, ascending
Literal and metaphorical

while we have these axial pairs
as we have the quartered movements
of celestial spheres from our viewpoint on Earth
still we know there are more degrees
interstitial than there are
of quadrature

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Matthew Word Bain
Matthew Word Bain

Written by Matthew Word Bain

purveyor of stochastic resonance | pilgrim of blur | witness to the living world

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