The Consolations of Ripley
People are so unreliable.
It is good to know the hair
will grow more than 350 miles
over a lifetime, and that a woman
of average poundage
contains enough potassium
to fire a small cannon.
S a r a h J . S l o a t
copyright 2014 by Sarah J. Sloat
guest editor: Sara Biggs Chaney
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