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
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The fruit purveyor's whole unstable pyramid doesn't equal what daylight did. It's like the bowlful of fruit that goes right at your elbow, but that doesn't produce more than a baleful glow against the kitchen table. The fruit purveyor is trying to sell you on his fruit, but he can't compare to what daylight did.

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