Have you seen the shape of it? 

On a map it looks neat, strongly drawn. 

In Lonely Planet, corrugated with colors. 

Aboard a bus, a signpost lost in the flutter of night’s curtain. 

While on foot, sometimes a rope, others, a river. 

With an airplane, lucid landscapes mere. 

Have you seen the shape of it? 

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Do you remember the shape of it? 

The 5 am WhatsApp call to the 6 pm friend. 

The Naughty Birthday postcard with the foreign stamp. 

The fridge magnet, that nugget of time

Stolen from another space. 

That Air BnB booking into a home away from home

Before even leaving home. 

How do you remember the shape of it? 

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What can be the shape of it? 

Concentric circles come to mind. 

In contrast, the Venn circles seem more connected. 

A dot traced to a circle of an expanding circumference. 

Parallel lines, vertical and horizontal. 

Boxes with opening doors, like windows. 

Have you ever drawn the shape of it?