It’s what we can’t
know that interests
us—the pre-Greeks
or Australopithicus—
where there are more
absences and breaks
than bits of bone
or pot. It’s not
news, but it
fascinates—our
love of hints, our
mending minds that
love to patch up
other times like
plates, and how this
might extrapolate
to hearts: explaining
how here can be
too much matching part.
—Kay Ryan
Kay Ryan’s most recent book is Say Uncle, from Grove Press. She lives in Northern California.
