How can
you tell
at the start
what you
can give away
and what
you must hold
to your heart.
What is
the well
and what is
a cup. Some
people get
drunk up.
Kay Ryan is
Kay Ryans most recent book of poems is Say Uncle (Grove Press)
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This article originally appeared in The New Criterion, Volume 22 April 2004, on page 50
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