if the pagans
would
make her a goddess:
In
the tough world of
charitable works there is
only so much
to go around.
Kay Ryan
PERIPHERY
Unlike igneous
crystal-studded
porphyry, famous
since the Egyptian
basin business,
periphery is no
one substance,
but the edges
of anything.
Fountains, for instance,
have a periphery at
some distance
from the spray .
On nice days
idle people
circle all the way
around the central
spout. They
do not get wet.
They do not get hot .
If
they bring a bottle
they get kicked out, but
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