Learning
by Kay Ryan
Whatever must be learned
is always on the bottom,
as with the law of drawers
and the necessary item.
It isn't pleasant,
whatever they tell children,
to turn out on the floor
the folded things in them.
from "Elephant Rocks," 1996
Thursday, December 31, 2009
New Year
Learning
by Kay Ryan
Whatever must be learned
is always on the bottom,
as with the law of drawers
and the necessary item.
It isn't pleasant,
whatever they tell children,
to turn out on the floor
the folded things in them.
from "Elephant Rocks," 1996
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