Do you fear palindromes, too?

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Don't nod. I know you
place furniture off center like an Egyptian,
unstack books and leave your pillows
at the edge of the bed, I know
your haphazard feng shui.

You won't meet my eye on level
plane, avoid my face, bisectable
like a taijitu. Don't tilt
your head at obtuse angles.

       In parenthetical poses (bird rib
       close) there is still, I swear,
       enough space to shift. You move a
       meter to the left, deny
       the virtues of harmonic arrangement..

O stone, be not so!
I chide, as you look anxiously
at the square door,
folding your shoulders into mountain peaks.