For a long time I wanted to write a poem after Anne Sexton's "Menstruation at Forty." Last August, alone and in the middle of my life, I wrote this one, which echoes not only Sexton but also Randall Jarrell's "The Player Piano." As well as the opening number from a musical in which, many summers ago, I once appeared.
Jameson Fitzpatrick on "The Tribute" |
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