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 Kay Ryan's newest books is The Niagara River (Grove Press, 2005). Email a friend >> Printable version >> |
Repetition
Trying to walk
the same way
to the same store
takes high-wire
balance:
each step
not exactly
as before
risks chasms
of flatness.
One stumble
alone and
nothing
happens.
Few are
the willing
and fewer
the champions. |
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