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1. "Tenderness and RotTenderness and rotshare a border.And rot is anaggressive neighborwhose iridescencekeeps creeping over.No lessonscan be drawnfrom this however.One is nottwo countries.One is not meatcorrupting.It is importantto stay sweetand loving." ~ Kay Ryan
2. "A thing cannot be delivered enough times:this is the rule of dogs for whom there are no fool's errands.To loop out and come back is good all alone.It's gravy to carry a ball or a bone." ~ Kay Ryan
3. "In the hills giant oaksFall upon their kneesYou can touch parts You have no right to" ~ Kay Ryan
4. "Weak ForcesI enjoy an accumulatingfaith in weak forces--a weak faith, of course,easily shaken, but alsoeasily regained--in whatstarts to drift: all theslow untrainings of the mind,the sift left of resolvesustained too long, thestrange internal shiftby which there's no knowingif this is the raod takenor untaken. There are softaffinities, possibly electrical;lint-like congeries; moonlithints; asymmetrical pinkglowy spots that are nothe defeat of something,I don't think." ~ Kay Ryan
5. "The Well or the CupHow canyou tellat the startwhat you can give awayand whatyou must holdto your heart.What is the well and what is a cup. Some people get drunk up." ~ Kay Ryan
6. "Hide and SeekIt's hard not to jump out instead of waiting to be found. It's hard to be alone so long and then hear someone come around. It's like some form of skin's developed in the air that, rather than have torn, you tear." ~ Kay Ryan
7. "No NamesThere are high placesthat don't invite us,sharp shapes, glacier-scraped faces, wholeranges whose given namesslip off. Any such relationas we try to makerefuses to take. Somehigh lakes are not for us, some slick escarpments.I'm giddy with thinkingwhere thinking can't stick." ~ Kay Ryan
8. "The Self Is Not PortableThe self is notportable. Itcannot be packed.It comes sneakingback to any placefrom which it'sbeen extracted,for it is nothing alone.It is not an entity.The ratio of selfto home: one partin seventy." ~ Kay Ryan
9. "LedgeBirds that lovehigh treesand windsand ridingflailing brancheshate ledgesas griplessand narrow,so that a tailis not justno advantagebut ridiculous,mashed verticalagainst the wall.You will haveseen the waya bird who fallson skimpy placeslifts into the airagain in seconds --a gift deniedthe rest of uswhen our portionisn't generous." ~ Kay Ryan
10. "Action creates/a taste/for itself." ~ Kay Ryan
11. "BAIT GOATThere is a distance where magnets pull, we feel, having held them back. Likewise there is a distance where words attract. Set one out like a bait goat and wait and seven others will approach. But watch out: roving packs can pull your word away. You find your stake yanked and some rough bunch to thank." ~ Kay Ryan
12. "Gaps don't/just happen./There is a/generative element/inside them,/a welling motion/as when cold/waters shoulder/up through/warmer oceans./And where gaps/choose to widen,/coordinates warp,/even in places/constant since/the oldest maps." ~ Kay Ryan
13. "Forgetting takes space./Forgotten matters displace/as much anything else as/anything else. We must/skirt unlabeled crates/as thought it made sense/and take them when we go/to other states." ~ Kay Ryan
14. "A too closely watched flower/blossoms the wrong color./Excess attention to the jonquil/turns it gentian. Flowers/need it tranquil to get/their hues right. Some/only open at midnight." ~ Kay Ryan
15. "If we have not struggled/as hard as we can/at our strongest/how will we sense/the shape of our losses/or know what sustains/us longest or name/what change costs us,/saying how strange/it is that one sector/of the self can step in/for another in trouble,/how loss activates/a latent double, how/we can feed/as upon nectar/upon need?" ~ Kay Ryan
16. "One can't work/by limelight.//A bowlful/right at/one's elbow//produces no/more than/a baleful/glow against/the kitchen table.//The fruit purveyor's/whole unstable/pyramid//doesn't equal/what daylight did." ~ Kay Ryan
17. "Even in climes/without snow/one cannot go/foward sometimes./Things test you./You are part of/the Donners or/part of the rescue:/a muleteer in/earflaps; a/formerly hearty/Midwestern farmer/perhaps. Both/parties trapped/within sight/of the pass." ~ Kay Ryan
18. "Not even waste/is inviolate./The day misspent,/the love misplaced,/has inside it/the seed of redemption./Nothing is exempt from resurrection." ~ Kay Ryan
19. "It isn't ever delicate to live." ~ Kay Ryan
20. "It's hard notto jump outinstead ofwaiting to befound. It'shard to bealone so longand then hearsomeone comearound. It'slike some formof skin's developedin the airthat, ratherthan have torn,you tear."Hide and Seek" ~ Kay Ryan
21. "CROWNToo much rainloosens trees.In the hills giant oaksfall upon their knees.You can touch partsyou have no right to—places only birdsshould fly to." ~ Kay Ryan
22. "I have tried to live very quietly, so I could be happy." ~ Kay Ryan

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