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Martina Nehrling, The Absence of Field, 36H x 30L in. acrylic on canvas, 2011
The Absence of Field - private collection
acrylic on canvas
36 x 30 inches
2011

Keeping Things Whole
by Mark Strand

In a field
I am the absence
of field.
This is
always the case.
Wherever I am
I am what is missing.

When I walk
I part the air
and always
the air moves in
to fill the spaces
where my body’s been.

We all have reasons
for moving.
I move
to keep things whole.