“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

Kay Ryan - “One can't work/by limelight.//A...” 1

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