A review by kheleyr
Erratic Facts by Kay Ryan

3.0

I don't read much poetry, but I do like to pick it up once in a while. My favorite of this collection:

The Fatal Flaw

The fatal flaw
works through
the body like
a needle, just
a stick now
and then, again
and again missing
the heart. Most
people never bend
in the fatal way
at the fatal instant,
although they
harbor a needle
they shouldn't,
or, conversely,
some critical little
lifesaving sliver
is absent.