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Not so graceful
Not so graceful
The side-faced stair
Running off
Its coil
From sympathy
To disgust
No being able
Could stand it
Head on
A shear affect
Supports the turning
Back
Is it
Only a shaft
Remains
From bending
To hollow out
Another turn
Or the furling of
A simple step
To round
An ecstasy
What used
What used
To address
That port
Of air
Has now
Removed
To pretty
Sound
Hoardings
Surround
Its hole
Tom McGlynn is an artist, writer, and independent curator based in the NYC area. His work is represented in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum of the Smithsonian. He is currently Adjunct Assistant Professor at Parsons/ The New School.