The final piece
You open up the box
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Turning the box around, you scatter the pieces
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One by one, you sense the pieces around and try to find the place for them in your mind
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It takes some time and patience to figure out what to do
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The picture that was fuzzy and chaotic in front of you starts making more and more sense
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Until it becomes clear the pieces that are needed
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But when the end is in sight, there is a piece that you cannot seem to find for in your puzzle
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There are many at your disposal, but none seem to fit the place you want to put it in
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Some stick a bit out, others seem too short and others are just too big
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The problem here is that you cannot change their shape
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You cannot cut, increase or even colour them differently
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What to do, you may ask, to one who has made plenty of puzzles
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If you stick a piece too big, it will ruin it, so those are to be discarded
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If the colour is not completely right, you find the one that is most similar to the place you want to fill
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And you find the piece that is most similar in shape that can fit there
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You may argue that it is cheating, as you wanted for it to look perfect
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But puzzles aren’t made with replacement parts in mind
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They have no number on their back that allows you to say that it is that one that is missing to order one
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Even if it did, new ones are coming out everyday
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Why would the puzzle company keep spares for all of them
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It is much easier for you just to get a new one to make
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You can’t make a piece to size
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It is not your job to do so
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They come as they are
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You may just choose to quit making the puzzle, but so much effort has already been placed assembling it
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If you really like it, why leave it there, hoping for that piece to appear
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You have to work with what you have
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Perhaps that smaller piece can work well in that space
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Perhaps the dust of time will have the ability to help it settle in that space, firm and strong
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Showing to all that that irregular piece has a place of its own on your puzzle
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Original and out of place as you are
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The correct piece for your incorrect desire
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The best piece that your mind may find
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The last one you will ever need