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    The American Poetry Review

    THREE POEMS

    Jul 01, 2018 4 minutes
    LYNN MELNICK

    Too Jewish / shtetl kitsch

    Yes, I believe in generational trauma plus
    that mix of pride and fear that 40+ years in patriarchy
    didn’t fix. I have a hard time saying no

    because you all are going to take it anyway
    but I didn’t come to monologue that. Synopsis:
    I am worried all the time because of the tsar.

    Synopsis: I want to talk about my childhood
    love of Fiddler on the Roof. Sounds crazy, no?
    But I didn’t come here to choreograph how once

    I was so lost I couldn’t leave the apartmentand there wasand mice were enjoying the buffet

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