Poem
Kay Ryan
REPETITION
REPETITION
REPETITION
Trying to walkthe 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.
© 2008, Kay Ryan
From: Poetry, Vol. 191, No. 4, January
Publisher: Poetry, Chicago
From: Poetry, Vol. 191, No. 4, January
Publisher: Poetry, Chicago
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REPETITION
Trying to walkthe 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.
From: Poetry, Vol. 191, No. 4, January
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