The Visiting Poet
April, 1993
The Visiting Poetbeautiful, willing students come and go from the bed of the visiting poet, jill was certain to changeall thatUntil now, Murtaugh has lived life amassing the sort of history, carriage and mystique that makes blooming, disaffected women imagine themselves in bed with him. This is no easy job. At its expense, checkbooks go unbalanced and student poems go unread. Upkeep on his rented lodgings goes unkept. Phone calls to his daughters go unmade. Calls from them go unreturned. He does...