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Hi lil, I think that's a great idea for a prompt! I also love this poem. My first exposure to him was in university. I was wandering around looking for a copy of The Collected Poems of Kenneth Koch for a class and by chance found an uncorrected proof of the collection for sale at a used book store. Bulky and heavy as the volume is, I've taken it with me all over the world. I'm not a huge fan of long poems, but with Koch it's always a pleasure and it's always relevant and accessible. I really wish that contemporary poets would take accessibility into consideration more often as the lay person is often swamped by the literary pretensions and influence of Pound and Eliot who are of course great in their own right, but not for everyone.