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(from George Oppen)

a skill of benches the shock of the press a
manufactured part from the imperfect
die from lack of tolerance emerging fresh
from dry tools and a culture of firm
dimensions quietly lies some task beyond
the window glass the imagined extravagance

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A sharp skill of benches,
A soft volley of shots;
Imperfection of dies
Thrown goes unnoticed.

A sheer lack of tolerants
With shattering of glass;
A corporate culture
Of firm forward plans.

A vessel of fragments,
A shock of depression,
A nice can of worms,
A form of expression.

Manufacture of parts
That are moving.
A speaking of parts
That are moving.

An emergence of fresh
Growth in the spring;
Fall, parching of tools,
Dry instrumentality.

Dimension of quiet,
Dimension of lies.
An image of death.
An extravagant task