Felicitations: A Man and a Woman

A Man and a Woman

"Today I am a man,"

Alexander proclaimed at thirteen,

"And here's my sister Anne.

I affirm she's no longer Eugene."

A Man and a Woman is part of the poem series Felicitations by Felicia Nimue Ackerman. Ackerman is a professor of philosophy at Brown University and has had over 200 poems published in a wide range of places. We are lucky to get to have a few of them published right here at Options Magazine.