Fidelity

CONTENTS

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why shouldn’t men look at women

I Met a Woman on the Plane

you can’t think without thinking about something

freedom has overtaken me

before I was nobody

a new york city man is

Thank God there is no god

The Hard-Hearted Rich

Their Honest Purpose Mocked

What a terrible racket they made

Life is as risky

Birth of a Child

Sometimes now when I sleep alone

I Met a Seducer

An Occasional Speech at the Interfaith Thanksgiving Gathering

It Doesn’t Matter If

To the Vermont Arts Council on Its Fortieth Birthday

the very little girl looked at her grandfather

My Sister and My Grandson

Bravery on Tenth Street

I needed to talk to my sister

Suddenly There’s Poughkeepsie

A Cloud Like a Tower

I Went Out Walking

some things are not

my heart leaps up when I behold

On the Park Bench

All the old women came out in the sun

I had thought the tumors

Here we are now

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