In photography, liturgy, or martial arts,

or architecture. Or else for throwing shade,

to overshadow. The sum of its parts,

from ferrule to handle, times how it’s made:

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pole, stretchers, ribs, and canopy. Courage

to learn, like a character in a novella,

when it rains or shines, to take, not umbrage,

but cover, under a sombre umbrella.

This poem appeared in Geist 118 in a set of poems along with "Sprinkler" which can be read here.

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