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My poetry begins for me where certainty ends.
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The speaker places poetry at the boundary of certainty. When clear answers end, poetry begins to explore questions, possibilities, and meanings that remain open. The line presents uncertainty not as a failure, but as the space where poetic expression becomes possible.
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