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Elegance Intact
December 24, 2025
The white swan glides through
murky waters,
his wings broad enough
to authorize who floats
and who sinks.
His movements quietly
rehearsed
above bodies unable to float.
Does he notice
the buoyant child
caught in his crosscurrent,
learning all too soon how to hold its breath?
He cannot miss
the cold waters—
freezing those unacquainted with the pond.
He notices,
the glare of the sun reflected off a razor-wired wall—
warm air cut cold.
He squints and shifts his gaze,
elegance intact.
And as I stand on the pond’s shore
I watch names sink in a silence
mistaken for mercy.
My feet grounded;
I refuse to blink.
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This price was originally made over the summer of 2024 and was named “Unseen Currents”. Recently I have revivified this piece now known as “Elegance Intact”.