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Kay Ryan
Kay Ryan
Kay Ryan has published several collections of poetry, including The Niagara River (Grove Press, 2005) and Say Uncle (2000)...
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Nothing Ventured  
by Kay Ryan

Nothing exists as a block
and cannot be parceled up.
So if nothing's ventured
it's not just talk;
it's the big wager.
Don't you wonder
how people think
the banks of space 
and time don't matter?
How they'll drain
the big tanks down to 
slime and salamanders
and want thanks?



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From Say Uncle by Kay Ryan, published by Grove Press. Copyright © 2000 by Kay Ryan. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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