The poem goes from recognizing Hepburn as the quick-witted “girl Friday,” the friend, not the lover, and ends in heartbreak; we feel her plain yearning at the end. Alvarez brings out the “Kathy” (vs Katherine) in us, in the wanting what we never seem to get, even though we already seemingly have it all.
—Jennifer MacBain-Stephens
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