Where on the spectrum of loyalty and betrayal does song begin? And where does it end? I think each writer has to decide this over and over.
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Sharon Olds
Acrylic and wax painting by Shelley Kaplan.
Shelley Kaplan, Devil’s Gate on the Sweetwater after 1870 … , 1981, acrylic, wax on wood, 33 × 43 inches.
Originally published in
Georgia Marsh, Paul Bowles, Michael McClard, Olivier Mosset & Fred Brathwaite, and Duncan Hannah. Cover by Mary Heilmann.
Where on the spectrum of loyalty and betrayal does song begin? And where does it end? I think each writer has to decide this over and over.
Sharon Olds