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Poem of the Day: ‘A Song for Mardi Gras’

Rolfe Humphries’ poem, imagining a lover setting aside his beloved, is ambiguous. Is he taking Lent as an unassailable excuse to end the affair?

'Mi-Carême, Carnaval de Paris 1909,' detail, by Tavík František Šimon.
'Mi-Carême, Carnaval de Paris 1909,' detail, by Tavík František Šimon. Via Wikimedia Commons
EDITED BY JOSEPH BOTTUM

EDITED BY JOSEPH BOTTUM

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