A table

These past two years have proffered a thoroughgoing exploration (with empirical data!) of that which does and that which does not break in my life. So here are my results entabulated in two columns for you to see.

Frangible Brick, rock, concrete Cliffs and even trees Conditional relationships Exercise and skin regimes All walls, if only cracks Crystals, heart urchins And also hearts

VS not Paper polyhedra From when I was twelve Daffodils in yellow troops Cherry blossoms in pink regiments Wood, books, and cats The persistence of mortgages And spirits

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