For today's poetry prompt, write an answer poem. That is, imagine a question (or think of a question you've been asked recently) and use your poem to answer that question.
Here's my attempt:
"Where are you now?"
I'm lost in the line
breaks, creeping among
the metaphors,
dancing with reason,
and trying to capture
the moment...
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