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A STANCE OF HEART

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2008

Bonnie Raingruber
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Type
Poetry/Fiction: Poems
Information
Palliative & Supportive Care , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , June 2008 , pp. 193
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

A Stance Of Heart
acts as magnet poles
drawing people near.
A Stance Of Heart
repels negatives along
a parabolic trajectory
scattering them to sanitization.
Authenticity builds currents
charging the air of everyday,
sprinkling iron filings, attracting others
making them cluster close
to the artichoke heart your power is
notarizing truth with the immediate-clang
Coulomb's Law created.
And so it is
metal-to-metal bonds
atop white-light lines of force
are banging on my heart
pulling-and-calling
at my core
silently
from the magnet
of my smile.