42. Ann Lauterbach, "After Mahler"

Here is a poet I have tried to read in the past without much success. I've sometimes felt her too derivative of Ashbery. This poem, however, does not give me that impression, so maybe I was wrong before. This poem is intellectually complex and repays repeated readings: "philosophical questions / on a far continent like so many markets." I'm not convinced by every single detail yet. 8.75.