WHAT MAKES

one day
take a real close
look at any
inconspicuous piece
of centuries-old
cast iron
    any odd piece of utensil
    architectural feature
    or even a manhole cover
and discover
the astonishing smoothness of
a surface created by
    coarse
    grains
    of sand

(July 2004, Wales-Hungary.
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